1/ As coronavirus cases steadily rise in Texas, the state has recently cut hundreds of workers from its contact tracing workforce.

Today, about 2,800 contact tracers work in Texas — 1,200 short of the state’s goal. https://bit.ly/2NGMlNt ">https://bit.ly/2NGMlNt&q...
As coronavirus cases surged, Texas’ contact tracing workforce shrunk

State health officials say they have enough workers to meet current needs, but some local health departments are scrambling to keep up. With 2,800 workers, Texas is still short of the governor's go...

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2/ A spokesperson says the state still has “enough tracers at the state level to meet our workload, and both we and local health departments continue to add staff.” http://bit.ly/2NGMlNt ">https://bit.ly/2NGMlNt&q...
As coronavirus cases surged, Texas’ contact tracing workforce shrunk

State health officials say they have enough workers to meet current needs, but some local health departments are scrambling to keep up. With 2,800 workers, Texas is still short of the governor's go...

http://bit.ly/2NGMlNt
3/ The spokesperson said the Texas Department of State Health Services has enough workers to call every person who has a positive test result, as well as their contacts, in the parts of the state it is covering. http://bit.ly/2NGMlNt ">https://bit.ly/2NGMlNt&q...
As coronavirus cases surged, Texas’ contact tracing workforce shrunk

State health officials say they have enough workers to meet current needs, but some local health departments are scrambling to keep up. With 2,800 workers, Texas is still short of the governor's go...

http://bit.ly/2NGMlNt
4/ But, with coronavirus cases rising in Texas, experts say the state needs all the contact tracing it can get.

Others say even if the state hit its goal of 4,000 contact tracers, that wouldn’t be enough. https://bit.ly/2NGMlNt ">https://bit.ly/2NGMlNt&q...
As coronavirus cases surged, Texas’ contact tracing workforce shrunk

State health officials say they have enough workers to meet current needs, but some local health departments are scrambling to keep up. With 2,800 workers, Texas is still short of the governor's go...

https://bit.ly/2NGMlNt
5/ The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials estimated in late April that Texas would need nearly 9,000 contact tracers.

George Washington University researchers recently put the figure close to 20,000. http://bit.ly/2NGMlNt ">https://bit.ly/2NGMlNt&q...
As coronavirus cases surged, Texas’ contact tracing workforce shrunk

State health officials say they have enough workers to meet current needs, but some local health departments are scrambling to keep up. With 2,800 workers, Texas is still short of the governor's go...

http://bit.ly/2NGMlNt
6/ Contact tracing is the crucial but time-consuming process of reconstructing a patient’s every move so that people who may have been exposed to the virus can self-isolate.

It has always been considered an essential component of safely reopening Texas. http://bit.ly/2NGMlNt ">https://bit.ly/2NGMlNt&q...
As coronavirus cases surged, Texas’ contact tracing workforce shrunk

State health officials say they have enough workers to meet current needs, but some local health departments are scrambling to keep up. With 2,800 workers, Texas is still short of the governor's go...

http://bit.ly/2NGMlNt
7/ Recently, Texas has routinely reported more than 5,000 new coronavirus cases each day.

Patients are beginning to fill Texas hospitals, particularly in hard-hit regions like Houston and the Rio Grande Valley. http://bit.ly/2NGMlNt ">https://bit.ly/2NGMlNt&q...
As coronavirus cases surged, Texas’ contact tracing workforce shrunk

State health officials say they have enough workers to meet current needs, but some local health departments are scrambling to keep up. With 2,800 workers, Texas is still short of the governor's go...

http://bit.ly/2NGMlNt
8/8 “If you don’t have enough people out there doing [contact tracing], it’s difficult to stay on top of it. It’s kind of like the dam’s being broken open,” said Rodney Rohde, a virologist and epidemiologist at Texas State University. http://bit.ly/2NGMlNt ">https://bit.ly/2NGMlNt&q...
As coronavirus cases surged, Texas’ contact tracing workforce shrunk

State health officials say they have enough workers to meet current needs, but some local health departments are scrambling to keep up. With 2,800 workers, Texas is still short of the governor's go...

http://bit.ly/2NGMlNt
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