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keyjan t1_j4w7sre wrote

they will use it for....contact tracing.

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Impressive-Spread663 t1_j4w83l1 wrote

And that means they are going to tell me I may have come in contact with someone with Covid? So what? I assume this happens daily.

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keyjan t1_j4w86od wrote

congrats! you know what contact tracing is! So why ask?

and if you know you've come in contact with someone with covid, you can get tested and self quarantine.

But I have a feeling you wouldn't do that.

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Impressive-Spread663 t1_j4w8ea3 wrote

You really don't get my point but carry on.

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keyjan t1_j4w8k2o wrote

and if you know you've come in contact with someone with covid, you can get tested and self quarantine.

But I have a feeling you wouldn't do that.

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Impressive-Spread663 t1_j4w9e9f wrote

First of all there is no way of knowing if the person who has Covid was in contact with me. Secondly, it's highly unlikely that another visitor to Sibley is going to contact Sibley and tell them that they have Covid. Thirdly, I am sure I come in contact with people who have Covid daily. Fourthly, in 2023 contact tracing makes no sense which is why virtually no one else does it. The latter is a fact and you can argue all you want.

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atlantisgate t1_j4waveh wrote

???

Of course they can know whether the person was potentially in contact with you. If a person tests positie, and you checked in within 20 minutes of each other, wouldn't it be helpful to know you were sitting in the waiting room together? I know I'd be sure to stay at home if I got that information, and I wouldn't be tempted to skip the mask when I check my mail, for example. The doctors or nurses can also test positive, so it would be EXTRA great to know the person who examined your ear infection or broken leg and was in close proximity actually ended up being sick, wouldn't it?

People actually can test positive AT Sibley, which wouldn't require them to inform the hospital. They would already know

The fact that you come into contact with people who have COVID daily is probably an argument for more contact tracing, not abandoning it altogether. It makes extra sense in a care facility that receives serious covid cases and immunocompromised people daily.

Contact tracing clearly makes sense to the hospital, who presumably understand more about infectious disease than you do.

Contact tracing, of course, isn't foolproof, but it seems exceedingly silly that you're dismissing it as a tool based on vibes and assumptions when it was medical professionals who set it up in the first place.

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ahmc84 t1_j4wcqm8 wrote

> The doctors or nurses can also test positive, so it would be EXTRA great to know the person who examined your ear infection or broken leg and was in close proximity actually ended up being sick, wouldn't it?

This right here is probably the biggest reason. The doctors and nurses are around people who might (or outright do, and are specifically at the hospital because they) have Covid, so they are at rather increased risk of infection, and subsequently passing it on to other patients. So it's good to keep contact information for patients so that if a staff member tests positive, they'll be able to inform all the patients that person saw.

And it's probably also a little bit about liability. People aren't supposed to be getting sick because they went to the hospital, so it's a good idea to be proactive about keeping track of how often that's happening. To know that, they have to be able to contact potentially exposed patients who went home to see if they test positive. If it's happening too much, they can adjust their procedures to fix it.

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BerzeliusWindrip t1_j4w8dm5 wrote

They will sell it to the cabal of lizard people living under the national mall who will use it to turn your friends and family gay, obviously.

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Formergr t1_j4w96bm wrote

>Seems like a waste of time and resources.

I kind of trust the hospital more than a random redditor to determine if that's a waste or not.

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88138813 t1_j4w800t wrote

this is something you post to nextdoor not reddit lmao

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GuyNoirPI t1_j4wbqe2 wrote

OP you can just email Jim Jordan if you want to testify, you don’t need to post here.

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Professional-Can1385 t1_j4w9alp wrote

It's a hospital. This is well within the scope of the business.

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joymarie21 t1_j4w97ge wrote

I've been seeing a doctor lately and they have lots of Covid questions. I was concerned since they ask about travel and asked if it would be okay to come right after I travel for the holidays. She said sure they're just collecting for contract tracing. I assumed it has to do with covering their asses legally just in case.

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