Comments by "annoyed aussie" (@annoyedaussie3942) on "Contact Tracers Feel Emotional Impact As Covid Cases Spread | NBC News NOW" video.

In most US states they as useful as that bloke on the factory floor that is told to sweep the floor and look busy when machine breaks down. Just give the appearance that something is being done if the big boss comes past. The big boss is the public and the elected officials are the supervisor telling the worker ( contact tracer ) to look busy so if the public looks they see some work being done. Next election no doubt they will proclaim how they did an excellent job , maintained freedoms and kept the death rate down ( even if highest in the world many Americans of both political persuasions believe Trump that all other countries on the planet are lying). Until the US citizenry comes to terms with it's great leap forward moment not much can change just more rhetoric claiming that the public don't need to do anything even coming from Biden saying just wear a mask which only slows a little not stop anything. Vaccines are your only hope it seems until a mutation occurs making it an annual thing which isn't unlikely.
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