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Minority US Contact Tracers Build Trust in Diverse Cities
Across the U.S., people from immigrant, refugee and Black communities are being hired to bridge the cultural divide in the United States and rebuild public confidence in America’s public health system
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Fear, Language Barriers Hinder Immigrant Contact-Tracing
Only a handful of contact tracers working to slow COVID-19 in 125 communities near Chicago speak Spanish, despite significant Hispanic populations
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Scammers Are Posing As Contact Tracers to Get Your Personal Information
As public health officials roll out contact tracing initiatives in Massachusetts to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, the Better Business Bureau says it has received a dozen complaints from people who say they were contacted by scammers. “They prey on the fears, they prey on the situations like this,: said Paula Fleming with the Better Business Bureau. In most…
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Contact Tracing: What's Real and What's Not?
The BBB issued a warning that scammers may be posing as contact tracers while trying to get your personal information.