By some estimates, we’ll need 300,000 contact tracers across the country—and we reportedly have fewer than 8,000. FiveThirtyEight has more:
— and we reportedly have fewer than 8,000. In this episode of PODCAST-19, we’ll hear from Susie Welty, an epidemiologist who’s training a new workforce of contact tracers in San Francisco.
We’ll also talk to FiveThirtyEight’s senior science writer, Maggie Koerth, who delves into the mystery of why more men than women are dying of COVID-19. And, finally, we’ll discuss a new test for COVID-19 that you might one day be able to take in the privacy of your own home.
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