Experts say efforts to contain the virus’s spread could still be fruitful in places with vulnerable populations such as the elderly and those with compromised immune systems.
“In a nursing home cluster you’d want to contain it there, in addition to doing mitigation work,” said Tom Frieden, former director of the CDC and former New York City health commissioner. “Health department staff should not be burdened with trying to trace every contact because it’s not possible or useful any more.”
--With assistance from John Tozzi and Michelle Cortez.
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