A glorious day yesterday! My first day as a volunteer vaccinator with the Maryland Medical Reserve Corps at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville. 💉🧵... 2. I took an online training course, but probably hadn't given an injection since about 1993, so I observed a retired former NIH nurse for the first few clients, then got my own table, working together with a data entry clerk.

A thread on #ContactTracing for #COVID19. APHA @PublicHealth says 100,000 more contact tracers needed across U.S. for state and local health departments to stop the spread. 1/n #COVIDResponseCorps thenationshealth.aphapublications.org/content/50/5/1… 2. @DrTomFrieden's crucial indicators for #COVID19 control:
•Proportion of new cases with known source
•Proportion isolated within three days
•Proportion of cases among people in quarantine. An indicator of successful #ContactTracing.
foxnews.com/opinion/six-mo…

A thread on #ContactTracing for #COVID19. It's a race, but few states say how fast they’re running. @CDCgov guidance includes metrics - none of which are being publicly reported by most states. [A timely, comprehensive review.] 1/n washingtonpost.com/local/contact-… 2. @HarvardGH and @Harvard Safra Center's Metrics for #COVID19 Suppression include Key Performance Indicators for #ContactTracing as a framework for policy makers and the public globalepidemics.org/wp-content/upl…

Update on #ContactTracing for #COVID19 - a thread. Early signs of success from SF Bay Area. Many local counties are approaching goal of contacting 90% of the region’s positive cases, even as coronavirus cases spike across the state. @mikereidmd @SF_DPH sfchronicle.com/health/article… 2. San Francisco @SF_DPH data:
• % of Cases Reached for #ContactTracing over Prior Two Weeks – currently 82%, target 90+%
• % of Named Contacts Reached for Contact Tracing over the Prior Two Weeks – currently 85%, target 90+%
data.sfgov.org/stories/s/epem…

WIN-WIN! Representatives @SusanWBrooks (IN) and @RepBera (CA) call for a #COVID19 Response Corps to help stop the pandemic and create jobs mobilizing returned @PeaceCorps volunteers w/@fema @CSIS Commission on #HealthSecurity #COVIDResponseCorps A thread. csis.org/analysis/covid… 2/n U.S. COVID-19 Response Corps (CRC): trained, deployable workforce for urgent needs of national response with skills in health education, logistics, social program delivery, education, communications, data analysis, and other fields.

Some findings from @WHO #China report (1/n): #COVID19 is transmitted via droplets and fomites during close unprotected contact. Airborne spread has not been reported and it is not believed to be a major driver of transmission who.int/docs/default-s… 2/n: Fecal shedding has been demonstrated from some patients, and viable virus has been identified in a limited number of case reports. However, the fecal-oral route does not appear to be a driver of COVID-19 transmission.