Posted on 05/11/2020 10:16:30 AM PDT by Uncle Sham
Today, Governor John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Department of Health outlined a plan for COVID-19 testing and tracking that would hire as many as 700 Louisianans to serve as “contact tracers,” interviewing and advising people who have tested positive to determine who in their lives could also be at risk.
This week, LDH signed a contract with Accenture and Salesforce to manage Louisiana’s contact tracing process, using two Louisiana-based call centers with 100 percent Louisiana agents. The training for these contact tracers will be managed by LSU’s Stephenson Disaster Management Institute. While hiring will be statewide the initial locations for the call centers are based in the Lafayette and New Orleans areas.
“As we fight to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Louisiana, it is vitally important that we put Louisianans to work on solving the problem. Contact tracing is key part of our strategy for moving the state forward, as it will allow us to determine who has been exposed and is at the highest risk for becoming sick, get them tested and keep them isolated from others,” Gov. Edwards said. “We are also working with the Louisiana Workforce Commission and other statewide partners helping to connect Louisianans with jobs. These 250 agents are just the beginning. We will continue to add additional team members and this system will allow us to build up to 700 agents in four weeks if needed, and will expand as needed.”
(Excerpt) Read more at gov.louisiana.gov ...
Anyone who says anything to these little vermin will get the Michael Flynn treatment. You have the right to remain silent.
Is this a way to track people groups?
Cant wait until Lakeisha comes to the door to aks you some questions and take your temperature
Yup. “Hey! Let’s waste EVEN MORE MONEY on this thing!”
IF the states are in as big a bind as they claim, where is the money to pay these snitches coming from? Out the snitches!
Geez! They’re not only not wrapping up the shutdown, they are also hiring Brownshirts. Truly amazing! In America!
Same scam running in California now.
The Rat enforcers are going to get paid.
Nobody tracks like a Coonass.
I'm guessing it'll be a recent college grad w/no current job prospects. Chance are we're already compensating Lakeisha, handsomely.
Tracking in New Orleans should be amusing....obviously they will fake it and collect their paycheck.
Good luck with that stupid job
At this point, you can no more stop the spread of this than you can stop the wind.
Yeah, this does nothing to slow the spread of the virus. Better off spending the money to distribute hand sanitizers and masks.
Seems to me sending hundreds of people to interview a few thousand people known to have been exposed to Covid is a great way to spread it.
So you get a knock on the door and there stands two people with a clip board wanting information, access, and reads you their executive orders, procedures and repercussions if you are not forthcoming and follow thier directions. I know what I would do and I guess you would to
HIPPA schmippa.
“Nobody tracks like a Coonass.”
You got that right! Especially if it’s edible - I was born & raised there & used to hunt & fish with some. They git ‘er done! LOL
I'd start coughing in their direction and ask them to repeat the question, please. If they ask where I caught my cough, I'd tell them I went to a John Bel Edwards event.
What a waste of time. I went to Home Depot this weekend. I can’t remember exactly what time. Are they going to try to find EVERYONE who was in Home Depot the same time as me?
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