Massachusetts Recruits 1,000 ‘Contact Tracers’ To Battle COVID-19 | WBUR

Massachusetts Recruits 1,000 ‘Contact Tracers’ To Battle COVID-19

Public health experts say many more tests will be needed to cover everyone who will be identified by this project. And waiting up to five days for the test's results, as some people still do, is a problem.
"The delay in how long it takes to get the results remains too long to make contact tracing very effective," says Dr. Sandro Galea, dean of the School of Public Health at Boston University.
But Galea notes that testing capability could change any time.
"Yesterday, we probably did not have the tools," he says. "Whether we'll have the tools tomorrow remains to be seen."

Greater Boston Full Show 04/09/20 | WGBH

Although predictions for the national death toll from coronavirus have been adjusted downward in recent days, experts are warning the public that it’s hard to know exactly how deadly the pandemic will be, and that social distancing measures are still needed to try and mitigate the threat.

Closer to home, the numbers for Massachusetts have been adjusted upwards in recent days, with more than 5,500 total deaths in the state expected by late May. Emily Rooney spoke about the projections Sandro Galea, Dean of Boston University’s School of Public Health and co-author of the forthcoming book, ‘Pained: Uncomfortable Conversations About The Public’s Health.’

Going the Distance: COVID-19 and Mental Health | America Dissected: Coronavirus

Going the Distance: COVID-19 and Mental Health
Crooked Media

Abdul dissects the unequal burden of COVID-19 by race, chats with Dr. Sarah Jukaku, a psychiatrist, who also happens to be his wife, about what she’s hearing from her patients. Later, he talks with Professor Sandro Galea, a psychiatric epidemiologist, about what COVID-19’s long-term consequences might be for our mental health.

COVID-19 Pandemic: Mental Health Consequences and Implications | Boston University School of Public Health

Our Coronavirus Seminar Series addresses different aspects of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing together experts to discuss the causes and consequences of this global pandemic. The seminars aim to provide our community and the public with state-of-the-science information about the pandemic and its intersection with public health and keep us all connected to one another during this time.

This is the personal website of Sandro Galea. All photos are taken by Sandro Galea.