Of course they can know whether the person was potentially in contact with you. If a person tests positie, and you checked in within 20 minutes of each other, wouldn't it be helpful to know you were sitting in the waiting room together? I know I'd be sure to stay at home if I got that information, and I wouldn't be tempted to skip the mask when I check my mail, for example. The doctors or nurses can also test positive, so it would be EXTRA great to know the person who examined your ear infection or broken leg and was in close proximity actually ended up being sick, wouldn't it?
People actually can test positive AT Sibley, which wouldn't require them to inform the hospital. They would already know
The fact that you come into contact with people who have COVID daily is probably an argument for more contact tracing, not abandoning it altogether. It makes extra sense in a care facility that receives serious covid cases and immunocompromised people daily.
Contact tracing clearly makes sense to the hospital, who presumably understand more about infectious disease than you do.
Contact tracing, of course, isn't foolproof, but it seems exceedingly silly that you're dismissing it as a tool based on vibes and assumptions when it was medical professionals who set it up in the first place.
atlantisgate t1_j4waveh wrote
Reply to comment by Impressive-Spread663 in Sibley Memorial Hospital has a person dedicated to writing down the the name and tel# of visitors for the purposes of contact tracing for Covid. by [deleted]
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Of course they can know whether the person was potentially in contact with you. If a person tests positie, and you checked in within 20 minutes of each other, wouldn't it be helpful to know you were sitting in the waiting room together? I know I'd be sure to stay at home if I got that information, and I wouldn't be tempted to skip the mask when I check my mail, for example. The doctors or nurses can also test positive, so it would be EXTRA great to know the person who examined your ear infection or broken leg and was in close proximity actually ended up being sick, wouldn't it?
People actually can test positive AT Sibley, which wouldn't require them to inform the hospital. They would already know
The fact that you come into contact with people who have COVID daily is probably an argument for more contact tracing, not abandoning it altogether. It makes extra sense in a care facility that receives serious covid cases and immunocompromised people daily.
Contact tracing clearly makes sense to the hospital, who presumably understand more about infectious disease than you do.
Contact tracing, of course, isn't foolproof, but it seems exceedingly silly that you're dismissing it as a tool based on vibes and assumptions when it was medical professionals who set it up in the first place.