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Since the pandemic began, researchers have been drawing parallels between the novel coronavirus and influenza, since the flu is also highly communicable and is responsible for so many hospitalizations and deaths in the US each year.

In February, the California Department of Veterans Affairs created a 37-step risk reduction plan that addressed staff training and the prevention of communicable diseases.

Contracting a communicable disease could have psychological impacts that change how people view and manage risk.

While contact tracing is not a new public health strategy — it’s been used for decades to track the spread of various communicable diseases — public health officials see it as a key, especially paired with testing.