Showing posts with label immigrant communities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label immigrant communities. Show all posts

Friday, May 1, 2020

San Francisco recruits army of social workers, librarians and investigators to track Covid-19; The Guardian, May 1, 2020

 , The Guardian; San Francisco recruits army of social workers, librarians and investigators to track Covid-19

"San Francisco has assembled an army of librarians, social workers, attorneys, investigators and medical students to find and warn anyone and everyone who may have been exposed to Covid-19...

Immigrant communities are justifiably worried that each time they share information about their status and location, “it will come back to haunt them,” Hayes-Bautista said. “It makes sense that people are scared.”...

San Francisco has similarly publicized that the contact tracing is “voluntary, confidential, and culturally and linguistically appropriate. Immigration status will have no bearing on these conversations.”"