![]() In terms of tracees, we only interviewed those who identified as BIPOC. Through research supported by the Social Science Research Council, we conducted interviews with 19 contact tracers and tracees from Providence, Rhode Island, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For participation to happen, however, contact tracing must be seen as a valuable form of community aid, and the circumstances in which it is experienced as an intrusive form of surveillance and policing. In the context of an emerging information crisis compounded by mistrust of medical institutions, it is crucial that BIPOC and other historically overpoliced groups participate in contact tracing. Contact tracing is a chance to collect information about individuals who have been exposed to the virus, but also to share guidance on local resources and best practices for staying safe. ![]() In a complex media landscape, contact tracing offers a crucial moment of information sharing between health officials and the public. 6 Ruha Benjamin, “ Catching Our Breath: Critical Race STS and the Carceral Imagination,” Engaging Science, Technology, and Society 2 (2016): 145–156. Compounding these issues, for people who are undocumented, disabled, LGBT+, economically disadvantaged, or Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), mistrust of the medical field draws from histories of medical mistreatment 5 Beacon Press, 2017 More Info → and carceral violence. how people can protect themselves from Covid-19. Sauer et al., “ Failure to Communicate? How Public Messaging has Strained the COVID-19 Response in the United States,” Health Security 19, no. public health institutions have struggled to communicate 4 Molly A. ![]() Rutjens, Sander van der Linden, and Romy van der Lee, “ Science Skepticism in Times of COVID-19,” Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 24, no. layered on top of uncertainty 2 Jonathan Koffman et al., “ Uncertainty and COVID-19: How Are We to Respond?” Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 113, no. Sol Hart, Sedona Chinn, and Stuart Soroka, “ Politicization and Polarization in COVID-19 News Coverage,” Science Communication 42, no. With misinformation and politicized narratives 1 P. More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, it has become glaringly evident that, in addition to the health crisis, we are facing an information crisis.
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