{"id":104023,"date":"2020-08-22T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=104023"},"modified":"2020-08-21T11:35:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T15:35:44","slug":"working-long-shifts-national-guard-members-scramble-to-ramp-up-contact-tracing-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=104023","title":{"rendered":"Working long shifts, National Guard members scramble to ramp up contact tracing efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a chilling glimpse into just how quickly the government can start tracking everyone down, Hawaii News Now got an inside look at the state’s contact tracing program for COVID.<\/p>\n

\u201cCOVID mapping\u201d is the National Guard\u2019s term for the practice of contact tracing, which consists of reaching out to someone infected with COVID-19 and then subsequently reaching out to people they have had close contact with to see who the virus may have spread to.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So what are the guardsmen doing in their role as modern day Big Brother *correction* public health and safety advocates?<\/p>\n

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The duties are comprehensive. All contact info is entered in a spreadsheet and depending if contacts follow quarantine regulations, closing a case could take 14 days or months.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s not even the most challenging part of the job.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cContacting contacts that haven\u2019t been told that they were, that they\u2019ve been in contact with others,\u201d Kayanan said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Source: Hawaii News Now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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