Been around in a very limited form for a long time.
It came to the forefront when Aids came of age.
Remember the fervor over the contacts that were outed !

Today it is a BIG business, with people scrambling to be one. (It pays up to 57,000.00, and the ‘brown shirt’ wannabees just love the, ‘authority’)

On the Tucson AZ news, the script below the talking heads said;
“Pima County hire 150 contact tracers”.
Yet the talking heads said;
“Pima County to hire 150 more contract tracers”

So, wondering how many Pima County has already hired. Cannot find, (without driving to the Courthouse and look up employment records) any absolute numbers, only estimates of 400 to 500.  Which means 550 to 650 are employed at $50,000.00 each.
What is $50,000.00 times 550 people ????????
And 550 people, for a population of 1 million, (+/-) people ?

(Oh Bot, have you found out which Bar in Ajo, has a Chicken Koop next to it yet ?)

If someone has c-19, and their ‘contacts’ are traced,
Then numbers of those, ‘possible’, cases,
are counted !!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, gotta keep, scaring, the shepol !!!!!

Eegore wrote on 07/08/20 at 21:07:51:

 I don't understand why people in contact with a person that is infected would not be considered "possible" cases. 
... Specifically physical proximity...

Rather clear that you believe,
every person,  
that a affected person was remotely in
"physical proximity" with,
IS, 'Possibaly' a, new/affected, case.

Contact tracers are the new community organizers. LOL.

Soon it will be a job americans wont do, they'll hire some illegals, through a bunch of layers of sub contractors, and we'll soon have our first illegal president. Just such a daymmm feel good moment.

Cool.
Srinath.