“No close contacts were identified within the school district.”
That’s what it says on today’s email from my district reporting that two elementary staff and one student tested positive for COVID-19.
That’s what it said on Tuesday’s email about a different elementary staff member testing positive.
And the email from last Sunday about two elementary staff, and last Monday about a middle school staff member, and the one from Nov. 19 about an entire Kindergarten class and its teachers being quarantined.
Actually, that last email said the outbreak was limited to the Kindergarten class and teachers – that no close contacts were identified beyond its doors, in the building or the wider district as a whole.
However, considering that at least five more elementary teachers and another student tested positive later, I’m not sure I believe it.
All of which prompts the question – how accurate is contact tracing?
