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Contact Tracing: 10 Unique Challenges of COVID-19
By Vince Kuraitis, Eric Perakslis, and Deven McGraw
The latest in the series: “The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Sharing? Privacy? Both?”
The 10 unique challenges of COVID-19 contact tracing are:
1) COVID-19 is Highly Contagious and Deadly
2) Contact Tracing is Becoming Politicized
3) We Lack Scientific Understanding of COVID-19
4) Presymptomatic Patients Can Spread COVID-19
5) Asymptomatic Patients Can Spread COVID-19
6) Contact Tracing is Dependent on Availability of Testing
7) Contact Tracing is Dependent on New, Extensive Funding
8) Contact Tracing is Dependent on an “Army of Tracers” and Massive Support for Patients
9 ) The Role of Technology is Unclear — Is it Critical Support or a Distraction?
10) The U.S. Response Has Been Fragmented and Inconsistent
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