The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/contact-tracing/)
Students packed into Cornell’s largest auditorium to learn about the basics of psychology and oceanography this semester have found themselves at the center of their own study—to track the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in classrooms.
As vaccine distribution in the U.S. slowly progresses, the Tompkins County Health Department has hired a Preparedness Coordinator and Director of Community Health to aid with the county’s COVID-19 contact tracing and eventual vaccine distribution.
The Cornell program has three core components — arrival testing, surveillance testing and testing with cause. Here’s what you need to know about those three components.