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Re:What's the point of a Covid-19 test that takes 19 days fo... by dennisgorelik on Saturday July 25, 2020 @11:49PM (#23954291)
> We have millions of people out of work whom we could be paying to do contact tracing

Paying to millions of unemployed people to do contact tracing - does not mean effective contact tracing.

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Re:What's the point of a Covid-19 test that takes 19 days fo... by pmiller2 on Sunday July 26, 2020 @02:07AM (#23954814)
Why not? It’s not like it demands any specific skills, and there are a lot of people out of work who would jump on the chance to not go back to their old jobs right now.
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Re:What's the point of a Covid-19 test that takes 19 days fo... by SpicyLemonZest on Sunday July 26, 2020 @02:14AM (#23954848)
It demands somewhat general but far from universal skills. Look at for example the CDC's suggested training (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/php/cont...) - this isn't something the average person will be able to pick up quickly and easily.
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