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Stupid finally loses one: Plan to make contact tracing harder rejected by Ohio Senate
Last edited Wed Jun 3, 2020, 09:42 PM - Edit history (1)
COLUMBUS — State senators rejected a plan Wednesday to make contact tracing — a crucial tool to fighting the spread of the coronavirus and other infectious diseases — much more difficult.
The Ohio Senate voted 21-12 to reject House changes to Senate Bill 31. The House, which voted 59-34 on the bill last week, added changes that would have required written consent from individuals to conduct contact tracing and mandate that people be told participation is voluntary.
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House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, described written consent as an easy standard to achieve. But when asked if it would slow down contact tracing, the speaker said he’s never done contact tracing so he doesn’t know.
When asked what public health is, Householder said: “Public health to me means just about every type of health care system that we have. It’s all public.”
The Ohio Senate voted 21-12 to reject House changes to Senate Bill 31. The House, which voted 59-34 on the bill last week, added changes that would have required written consent from individuals to conduct contact tracing and mandate that people be told participation is voluntary.
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House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, described written consent as an easy standard to achieve. But when asked if it would slow down contact tracing, the speaker said he’s never done contact tracing so he doesn’t know.
When asked what public health is, Householder said: “Public health to me means just about every type of health care system that we have. It’s all public.”
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