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Chuck Finder, executive director of media relations at Washington University in St. Louis, has no formal medical training. But his decades of experiences as a journalist prepared him well for his role as a volunteer COVID-19 case investigator for Habif Health and Wellness Center.
“It can feel like an intrusive process, but it’s so important to get the complete picture,” said Finder, a former reporter and editor for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “It wasn’t enough to ask, ‘So who are your contacts?’ You need to really probe how close were you, how long were you together. I was part sleuth, but also part uncle because I really wanted them to feel cared for.”