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Most people; when they see an unknown number calling their phone they press decline…immediately. However, you might not want to decline every unknown caller because it could be someone calling to let you know you may have come in contact with a Covid-19 patient. The person calling is called a “contact tracer” and they are the folks that call people who’ve possibly been exposed to Covid-19 with details on the virus, quarantining information and more. According to The Charlotte Observer:
“…each positive case will require a contact tracer to retrace the patient’s steps and track down as many people as possible who they might have come into contact with. In some cases, that’s a simple list of names. In others, it might require a mass-media broadcast.
“Contact tracing only works if people pick up the phone, return the text and get back to that person,” North Carolina state epidemiologist Zack Moore said in an interview with The News & Observer.”
So, you may want to think twice before hanging up or pressing “ignore”. More details on contact tracers HERE!!
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