Health Dept. Director: ‘We wish they would call us back’
Contact tracers still calling despite decrease in response from public
Shelby County Health Department COVID-19 contact tracing team members Linda Anne (bottom) and Greg Dixon (top) discuss a case last September. The health department is having a difficult time this fall getting the public to respond to them to do contact tracing. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
“People don’t understand why they are being asked to name people. They don’t understand the whole role of contact tracing,” said Dr. Rebecca Wurtz, director of Public Health Administration and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
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Jane Roberts
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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