Why Contact Tracing Isn’t Working in the U.S.

A look at why there are still few programs

Why is the United States still not doing aggressive contact tracing? As Keren Landman, MD reports for Elemental, contract tracing is not going well for the U.S. She writes:

The United States has been providing federal funding for contact tracing since the Department of Health and Human Services announced its first wave of financial support for the strategy in late April. But the implementation of contact tracing programs has unfolded in wildly uneven ways…