Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • NPR

    Do-It-Yourself Contact Tracing Is A 'Last Resort' In Communities Besieged By COVID-19

    The coronavirus is spreading so fast that cases are outpacing the contact-tracing capacities of some local health departments. Some have asked people who test positive to do their own contact tracing.
    by Brett Dahlberg Dec 27, 2020 4 minutes
    Tedi Milgrom, a contact tracer for the health department in Washtenaw County, Michigan, calls a person who may have been exposed to the novel coronavirus. Milgrom and her colleagues have been overwhelmed by a surge in COVID-19 cases over the last month.

    COVID-19 cases are spreading so fast that they're outpacing the contact-tracing capacities of some local health departments. Faced with mounting case loads, those departments are asking people who test positive for the novel coronavirus to do their own contact tracing.

    The contact tracers of Washtenaw County in Michigan have been deluged with work.

    Washtenaw is a county of about 350,000 residents who live in and around the city of Ann Arbor, about 45 minutes from Detroit. Until mid-October, a county team of 15 contact tracers was managing to keep up with the workload. But when coronavirus cases started to surge in the fall, they struggled to keep up. By Thanksgiving, more than 1,000 residents were testing positive for the novel coronavirus every

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from NPR

    NPR3 min read
    US National Security Adviser And Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Hold Security Deal Talks
    President Joe Biden's national security adviser met early Sunday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss a wide-ranging security agreement between the countries.
    NPR3 min read
    Sean Combs Apologizes For 'My Actions In That Video' That Appeared To Show An Assault
    Without addressing his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who is seen in the video being kicked and dragged in 2016, the hip-hop mogul says, "I was disgusted then when I did it. I'm disgusted now."
    NPR2 min read
    Benedictine College Nuns Denounce Harrison Butker's Speech At Their School
    "Instead of promoting unity in our church, our nation, and the world, his comments seem to have fostered division," the sisters wrote of the NFL kicker's controversial commencement address.

    Related Books & Audiobooks