While contact tracing has taken a back seat in recent months to pandemic control plans, experts say the rise of the Delta variant means it's time to ramp it up again.
In Arkansas, where the 7-day average cases rose from 173 at the end of May to more than 2,000 by the end of August, contact tracing is also on the rise.
No expert would argue with that, but the lack of funding is an ongoing obstacle, he says."Public health infrastructure is something that has been under-resourced and undervalued for decades,” he says, so it is a surprise many are having a hard time now. Even though the Delta variant is more than twice as contagious as previous variants, according to the CDC, contact tracing can help reduce transmission, Ryan says.
"They are exhausted and over it," she says."That definitely affects the mood they bring into these phone calls."
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