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‘COVID shame’ keeping people from talking to contact tracers

Mary Wilson

Well-known member
September 18, 2020

MADISON (WKOW) -- Contact tracing is one way to stop the spread of the virus.

But tracers are dealing an obstacle, a phenomenon called "COVID shame" -- people feeling ashamed that they got the virus, possibly because they were doing something they know they shouldn't have and who are not willing to talk about it.

UW Health Chief Quality Officer Doctor Jeff Pothof says it's important to be honest with the contact tracers.

https://wkow.com/2020/09/18/covid-s...rs/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_WKOW
 
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