Return to work. And to stay ahead of the pandemic, america will need an additional 100,000 contact tracers, according to Johns Hopkins university. By one count, states have hired or announced plans to hire about 66,000 so far. Does the lack of a federal standard put your state at risk and surrounding states at risk . I certainly think if the feds were to participate, if the feds were to establish, as you say, National Standards or some rules around compatibility with respect to one state to another because youre right, there is a lot of back and forth between states. And people move. They dont just work, they move. I think that could be very helpful. Reporter as more americans test positive for the virus, researchers say confidentiality is key for contact tracing. That means shielding the identity of every covidpositive patient. Even from the people they may have infected. Contact tracing is critical. Virtually nobody disagrees with that. But out there in the public, there is a concern
Feels much colder than that. Live from watauga county, dave faherty, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Dave, thank you, remember you can track the cold temperatures throughout the night along with us using our wsoctv app. Its free for iphone and android devices. Cleaned up and packed up. Today the Carolina Panthers officially closed the chapter on their record breaking season that ended with thatat heartbreaking loss at the super bowl. Eyewitness news anchor Brittney Johnson found out how the team is now using defeat to all ready start to plan for next season. Reporter well the panthers are looking back on the 2015 season with everything theyve accomplished. Including getting to the super bowl. But after losing, even though theyre about to take a break, theyre working to figure out how to get back to the big game. After a record breaking season of dancing, dabbing, and defying expectations on the field. We did what a lot of people the Carolina Panthers are clearing out their lockers and tryin
Businesses that i closed down to help flatten the curve in the United States. But for us to continue to do that while they lose everything, quite honestly there are a lot of civil repercussions of that. Mental Health Issues and we are seeing more patients in our Trauma Centers and our state because people are just, they are tired of it. Its a tough balance. Sandra john roberts live at the white house with the latest stimulus measure. But we begin with Jonathan Serrie. The governors executive order which allows businesses such as tattoo parlors, hair salons and bowling alleys to reopen as early as friday. It supersedes any local action shutting down businesses. And thats untold case numbers numbers go down further. They base their decisions on science. The data they utilize to base decisions and the date of the mirror should use in each of the communitys. Because it will have to be on the community by community opening. Those communities are in different places, even in georgia. States