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Contact tracing — the process of identifying people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus in order to slow its spread — is a fundamental tool in the fight against COVID-19. How can we scale this critical work across the entire United States? Joia Mukherjee, chief medical officer of Partners in Health, discusses how her team is working with public health agencies to ramp up contact tracing for the country’s most vulnerable communities — and shows why it will take a compassionate approach to be truly effective. (This ambitious plan is part of The Audacious Project, TED’s initiative to inspire and fund global change. The conversation, hosted by head of TED Chris Anderson and current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, was recorded May 27, 2020.)
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Andrew Kline
June 24, 2020 at 10:51 pm
Ratio these thoughtless fools..
Idaho Potato
June 24, 2020 at 10:54 pm
This is the face of a lying, narcissistic psychopath.
SuperPhdiva SRB
June 24, 2020 at 10:57 pm
How about No.
Know Thy Mind
June 24, 2020 at 10:59 pm
Saima Bryant
June 24, 2020 at 11:17 pm
Covid -19 is a lie.
Scally Wag
June 24, 2020 at 11:18 pm
Sure would be a shame if people put there phones in 2 layers of aluminum foil.
Kirby Cole
June 24, 2020 at 11:25 pm
No thank you.
Johnny
June 24, 2020 at 11:40 pm
Worthless nonsense way to late to be helpful.
Terry Hoole
June 24, 2020 at 11:41 pm
Coronavirus covid-19 why don’t they just say what it is a bad cough and a cold apparently 90% of people who get it won’t even know they have had it newsflash you can not cure a cold you cannot cure influenza tracked and traced for a flu virus are you f****** serious you’re not fooling anyone everybody knows what the agenda is this is not a pandemic it is a planned demic we the people of this planet have been conned follow the money who benefits first the banking system it is going to make trillions in profit out of the money it’s loaned to all these governments all around the world pharmaceutical companies especially Bill Gates stands to make 350 billion dollars with the first line of vaccinations just look at how many Top officials are on Bill Gates payroll this man even gives the BBC 200 million a year and he has also invested heavily in to track and trace Technologies this is just the Beginning if you think it’s bad now they haven’t even started climate change covid-19 black lives matter all connected all designed to create division divide and conquer get the people arguing amongst themselves do your research people do not fall for this nonsense these people are megalomaniacs sociopath they have not got our best interests at heart
Michael Cook
June 24, 2020 at 11:42 pm
How do you force people to tell the truth? How do you stop them from lying?
The Creepy Fuckr
June 24, 2020 at 11:44 pm
All the comments talking about being against the government tracking them clearly have very little idea how much information they are constantly putting out on the internet daily by their own choice.
Terry Hoole
June 24, 2020 at 11:52 pm
And I take it you don’t mind being tracked by the government then are you one of these nutters who says if you haven’t got anything to hide you have nothing to worry about
Joel Welch
June 24, 2020 at 11:56 pm
Seriously you are going to act like this isn’t a N.W.O antichrist mark of the Beast tracking system that is leading to a communist totalitarian society that will put followers of Jesus Christ to death by beheading them? Just quit acting like we are stupid, we are not and we will push back so you better get the guns, oh I forget your trying!!!!
Beth Schorr
June 25, 2020 at 12:06 am
FU
Adrian Boysel
June 25, 2020 at 12:28 am
Such great content! @adriangraphics
Book of Ours
June 25, 2020 at 12:31 am
Ah, communitarianism. That wonderful philosophy. Individual rights destroyed for the rights of the managerial class. Carry on dearies.
mkhud50n
June 25, 2020 at 12:32 am
No thanks. This is Big Brother in a Trojan Horse disguise.
Wuhan Virus
June 25, 2020 at 12:39 am
Anyone who does this should be imprisoned…….WHO WANTS THIS?????
Daniel Earl
June 25, 2020 at 12:39 am
Governments: have killed hundreds of millions of civilians
Also governments: oH mY gOd, ThIs ViRuS iS sO dEaDlY
Meanwhile . . .
Influenza: Am I a joke to you?
GaianUNSTV
June 25, 2020 at 1:26 am
DEMOCIDE: Death caused by the state!
Cybr Friends
June 25, 2020 at 12:57 am
The Trump administration should have started contact tracing from the beginning in January.
Elf Dog
June 25, 2020 at 1:02 am
Contact tracing is creepy, doubt it’ll be used for much good
Pagan Raven
June 25, 2020 at 1:03 am
why do they wanna trace ppl for a virus that does not exist?
it’s to make sure we are willing to be vaccinated. just my thoughts
Green-Pill Neo
June 25, 2020 at 1:10 am
End the control. End the censorship. End the surveilance state. End the police state.
Kim Senior
June 25, 2020 at 1:17 am
How are they going to contact trace me when I don’t have a mobile phone? 😂
Kim Senior
June 25, 2020 at 1:18 am
No, no, no, NO!
GaianUNSTV
June 25, 2020 at 1:23 am
WHO’s money is funding these talking heads? Bill and Melinda Gates?
Goy Goddess 2
June 25, 2020 at 8:02 am
TECHNOCRATIC DYSTOPIA-.One World Government!! AGENDA 21, track, trace, surveillance, social crediting, universal basic income, smart cities, smart spy meters, smart spy appliances, 5G, internet of things, no private ownership, government tightly controls all distribution of goods and services.
question ade
June 25, 2020 at 8:27 am
‘Partners in Health’ another disengenuniously named bullshit organisation that like ‘The National Health Service’ should substitute the word ‘Health’ for ‘Illness’.
joe.public
June 25, 2020 at 9:18 am
No.
We do not want or need anything of the kind.
Ken Stan
June 25, 2020 at 9:51 am
How is ignorant,scientifically needs to start when outbreak starts. Question is WHY.
streamandmore
June 25, 2020 at 10:20 am
This is PROPAGANDA!!
Anh Thi Quynh Vo
June 25, 2020 at 11:18 am
The comments scare me. Contact tracing protects both you and the community at large. It’s been done in many countries successfully. Seems like Americans are the only ones raising objections, which is not surprising considering the climbing death toll.
M W
June 25, 2020 at 11:30 am
If we start having a rash of pandemics, that js an instantbred flag. To have an outbreak of them is IMPOSSIBLE, the odds are to remote.
Gospel of Sophia
June 25, 2020 at 12:01 pm
Partners in Health is a social justice organization with George Soros funding. This is a step towards global genocide.
Jannifer Stoddard
June 25, 2020 at 12:03 pm
This is straight up wicked! This woman needs to be locked up in prison. Hopefully people will not be sheep and revolt against this contact tracing trojan horse.
Bill C
June 25, 2020 at 12:16 pm
Make sure you have a flack jacket on when you come to my house
Vanessa Henderson
June 25, 2020 at 1:11 pm
Patrick Wilber
June 25, 2020 at 1:23 pm
Maybe yellow arm bands? Forearm tattoos?
Lisa Love Ministries
June 25, 2020 at 2:50 pm
Develop a personal relationship with Christ our LORD and Savior.
1 John 1:8-10
1 John 5:19
【登録者333人】を正論で得る仏
June 25, 2020 at 2:52 pm
こんにちは😃
STEREO Freq
June 25, 2020 at 3:37 pm
Reported video for promoting terrorism.
Anal Eyes Analyze Anal Lies
June 25, 2020 at 4:03 pm
Microchip everyone. Forced microchips into everybody.
nelson carreiro
June 25, 2020 at 4:54 pm
yeah they want to spent ( DEMS) >on contact spy app> worth billions> yet we have unemployment sky rocket food banks running low and people in desperate need of basic health care. But lets spend billions on something we were told only to be temporary. It will not be temp. It will follow u and ur child forever! GOVT does not spend billions on temporary.
Virgin_Mary _In_Islam
June 25, 2020 at 5:43 pm
May GOD bless everyone see my comment 🌹
This Kidocelot
June 25, 2020 at 5:56 pm
FOff….Creep tracing……2 identified!!
Arcux
June 25, 2020 at 6:19 pm
Libertarians: “The Patriot Act was a gross overreaction to a tragedy”
2020 Progressives: “Hold my Corona”
ITouchTheSky 8GladysWorld8
June 25, 2020 at 7:47 pm
Lovely watching and listening to both of you here on the top of the mountain of Italy. Thanks to technology, YouTube and Ted.
Drew
June 26, 2020 at 3:08 am
I just hope u dont get all your info from Ted. Yeah i subscribe. Jist remember Teds very tightly controlled info. No dissenting opinions allowed. Fyi on your lovely mountain top. Jist coz u secluded, dont restrict or confine your mental input to much now alrighty….
Knowledge is power. Stay safe. From’ a little bit jealous ‘😉
Trainable Monkey
June 25, 2020 at 10:23 pm
Good thing we are not waiting around for contact tracing. Nothing learned from SARS or H1N1? Must have been a rich person disease.
At least 2 US governors will require mandatory face mask for all people effective 6/26 and 6/27. Good thing we have nonprofits that are adapting to the challenges of this disease with free masks for homeless and anyone who asks. You can donate less than $1 for a cloth mask as part of an experiment in stopping or invest in expensive contact tracing suited for bloodborne diseases. Phones with proximity sensing ability cost more than masks.
Brenda Rua
June 25, 2020 at 10:53 pm
All these knee jerk alt right reactions are simply so sad. What a failure of education. What a lack of gall that they would stand up and willingly look so ignorant in public. It’s clear that none of them even listened to the content, but only masterbated on their own insecurities. There isn’t even a common ground for discussion with such sad sacks. I fear for democracy given this state of affairs.
Lisa Cody
June 25, 2020 at 11:48 pm
AND I THINK YOU WILL FIND THE ANSWER IN ALL THE COMMENTS BELOW
Drew
June 26, 2020 at 3:11 am
So glad i didnt bother finishin to watch this and went for the comments instead. Had a feeling i didnt want to hear anymore, now i know i didnt.
Glad to see so many red pilled commentors. 😊😎😆😉
Peace an unity y’all…💓
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Sheridan Isashitstain
June 26, 2020 at 3:42 pm
There will be no usable policy on this pandemic, because the fascist in office is busy campaigning, and ignoring the country coming apart at the seams. Perhaps he will declare Martial Law to stay seated.
guitarist michael stark
June 26, 2020 at 3:51 pm
TED has been bought off by the problem….don’t listen to TED anymore…..it’s done!
AbiRose
June 27, 2020 at 2:10 am
I am concerned about privacy. She know this. She says there are things that can be done to protect privacy. She says there are laws and technology is helpful in protecting privacy.
That’s not convincing for me. I would like a more robust explanation before I consent to sign over my liberty. I am concerned about privacy and stigmatization of infected people. For example (see Military Times reporting) the Army was going to ban people with a COVID diagnosis in their medical record from service then the masses protested on Twitter and they reduced it to reject only people who were hospitalized for Covid, saying that the medical community doesn’t know yet how much damage COVID does to the lungs. This is not evidence based practice, this is fear based practice.
AbiRose
June 27, 2020 at 2:21 am
People have the right to say no to care. Therefore, you can never get a complete contact tracing. If it really is care, you will respect the patient’s right to say no. If you don’t respect their no, then it’s not care.
Adamins Lucky
June 27, 2020 at 10:04 am
If this is done I guarantee phones will be thrown out.
Adamins Lucky
June 27, 2020 at 10:06 am
But what this Vet has been doing is gathering addresses of people involved to add to nations kill list so that once CIVIL WAR / REVOLUTION BEGINS WE THE PEOPLE CAN HUNT THEM DOWN INTHERE HOMES AND KILL THEM.
Tyranny Response Team
June 27, 2020 at 10:07 am
I love how communist sound so caring in the first stages of the take over 🤗
Dawlzic
June 27, 2020 at 8:26 pm
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