Contact tracing means tracking down possible exposed contacts of those known to have COVID.

Currently most contact tracing is done by a real person, usually from the health department, making a real phone call to everyone who has COVID and then finding out from them who else they have been around. Realistically, we don’t have enough Contact Tracers to do this job 100%. We also are getting only partial information - our memories are not 100% accurate and even when we do have a good memory of where we’ve been and who we were around, we may not know all the names of everyone we were around.

There aren’t enough contact tracers out there, out memories are poor…If only there were a way to keep track of our movements automatically and anonymously and get in touch with those who have been unwittingly exposed to COVID. Turns out- there is. That phone you carry around with you everywhere you go, does more than take pictures and make phone calls. The state of Michigan just recently released an app that will anonymously and securely inform you if you have been exposed to COVID. Its an idea that makes a whole lot of sense, way more than making thousands of phone calls to sick people. Get the app here: MI COVID Alert App