GEORGIA
GEORGIA WILL START RAMPING. >>> THIS WEEK STARTING TO RAMP
UP CONTACT TRACING, ANDY
EXPLAINS HOW IT WORKS, NEW AT
11:00.
11:00.
11:00. >>
11:00. >> YOU ARE SO EXCITED.
ANDY?
ANDY?
ANDY? AWESOME.
AWESOME.
AWESOME. >> AS GEORGIAENS CONTINUE TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TAKEOUT, THE
POSSIBILITY OF PICKING UP THE
CORONAVIRUS REMAINS.
CORONAVIRUS REMAINS. ATLANTA RESTAURANT LITTLE RAY
LEARNED THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO,
LEAVING THIS VOICEMAIL FOR THE
PUBLIC AFTER ONE OF ITS
EMPLOYEES TESTED POSITIVE.
>> DUE TO A POSSIBLE EXPOSURED
AND OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF
CAUTION, WE ARE TEMPORARILY
SUSPENDING SERVICE AT LITTLE
RAY.
RAY.
RAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> Reporter: THE RESTAURANT IS
BACK OPEN AFTER IT IMMEDIATELY
NOTIFIED STAFF, WHO FOALED CDC
QUARANTINE GUIDELINES, AN
INCREASE IN CONTACT TRACING
THIS WEEK WILL HELP STOP THE
SPREAD.
SPREAD.
SPREAD. HERE IS HOW IT WORKS.
AFTER A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT
IS NOTIFIED SOMEONE TESTS
POSITIVE, A CONTACT TRACE
TRACKS DOWN THE IN FACTED
PATIENT AND REQUESTS CONTACT
INFORMATION OF THE PEOPLE WHO
THEY WERE AROUND, STARTING AT
LEAST TWO DAYS BEFORE
EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS, BUT NOT
EVERYONE, ONLY PEOPLE WHO WERE
WITHIN 6 FEET FOR 15 MINUTES OR
MORE AT A TIME.
CHEAP EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
>> EVEN LET'S SAY THE PERSON
WHO WAS INFECTED WAS WORKING
BEHIND THE COUNTER OR SOMEWHERE
AND WAS JUST CASUALLY SERVING
PEOPLE, THAT WOULD NOT
CONSTITUTE A CLOSE CONTACT.
BUT IF STAFF WHO WAS WORKING IN
AND AROUND THEM IN CLOSE
PROXIMITY WOULD BE CLOSE
CONTACT.
CONTACT.
CONTACT. IF A PERSON IS A SCHOOLTEACHER,
ON THE OTHER HAND, IT COULD BE
100 KIDS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD
BE INFECTED.
BE INFECTED. >> IDENTITIES ARE KEPT
ANONYMOUS.
ANONYMOUS. THOSE EXPOSE REDIRECT
EXAMINATION ASKED TO QUARANTINE
FOR 14 DAYS.
>> TRACING IS GOING TO BE
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. >> A PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL
HEALTH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AT
EMORY'S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
HEALTH.
HEALTH.
HEALTH. >> EVEN IF THEY DON'T
PERSONALLY FEEL ILL, THEY COULD
BE POTENTIALLY SPREADING THE
VIRUS.
VIRUS.
VIRUS. >>
VIRUS. >> SOME COUNTIES HAVE STARTED
USING SOFTWARE TO MONITOR THE
INFECTED.
INFECTED.
INFECTED. THE VOLUNTARY PILOT PROGRAM
SENT TEXT MESSAGES TO NOTIFY
PEOPLE WHO WERE POTENTIALLY
EXPOSED, BUT HE SAID THAT
SHOULD NOT REPLACE WHAT HE
CALLS SHOE LACE EPIDEMIOLOGY.
>> INDIVIDUAL CONTACT, SPEAKING
TO SOMEONE WHO CAN GO THROUGH
THE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE OF ISOLATION, OF
CHECKING YOUR TEMPERATURE
REGULARLY, OF AVOIDING CONTACT,
KEEPING THAT PHYSICAL DISTANCE
FROM OTHER PEOPLE DURING THAT
PERIOD.
PERIOD.
PERIOD. >> FOLD TON COUNTY SAYS THEY
NEED 70 TRACER, SO FAR THEY
HAVE ABOUT 40.
>> SEEING THAT WE DON'T HAVE
THE CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS TO
MANAGE THIS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A
LITTLE BIT OF A WAKEUP CALL FOR
US TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE
INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
>> THE STATE HOPES TO HIRE
1,000 CONTRACT TRACERS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE
SIGHS EXPERTS SAY CONTRACT
TRACING ONLY WORKS WHEN PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THEY WERE
LIKELY EXPOSED ACTUALLY SELF-
QUARANTINE.
QUARANTINE. >> THESE TRACER POSITIONS ARE
TEMPORARY JOBS, BUT HOW LONG DO
YOU THINK THEY WILL BE NEEDED.
>> MANY INCLUDING THE PROFESSOR
WE TALKED TO SAY CONTACT
TRACING IS GOING TO BE LIKELY
NEEDED FAR AFTER THE PANDEMIC.
HE SAYS BECAUSE THE STATE HAD
AIN'T ABILITY TO DO IT EARLY ON
DURING THE PANDEMIC, IT LIKELY