Why is N.J. still paying for contact tracing?

May 13, 2022 Matt Rooney Uncategorized 0

The Faucists won’t say “endemic” (they prefer “controlled pandemic,” whatever the hell that is), Save Jerseyans, but it’s undeniable that Covid-19 is subsiding as a significant threat to the nation’s health. It’s a valid question the extent to which it ever was a severe threat to the vast majority of the population.

Murphy’s endless and unlawful “health emergency” is over. Mask mandates are dropping away. Public events are returning to in-person status. Capacity restrictions are a painful but distant memory.

So why is New Jersey still paying for contact tracing?

According to the state’s Covid portal, Trenton is still retaining and paying a small army of 1,233 contact tracers charged with hunting down and interrogating Covid-19 positive New Jerseyans:

https://twitter.com/AWokeZombie/status/1524880294234447874

The total number has dropped by nearly 2/3rd since last month…

https://twitter.com/AWokeZombie/status/1517614683909500928

New Jersey’s program has proven an expensive waste of taxpayer money from the onset of the pandemic, and we’re talking about tens of millions of dollars on a contract that accomplishing nothing meaningful except to perpetuate and justify economically ruinous closures.

Let’s see how long the remaining 1,200+ remain employed…

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MATT ROONEY is SaveJersey.com's founder and editor-in-chief, a practicing New Jersey attorney, and the host of 'The Matt Rooney Show' on 1210 WPHT every Sunday evening from 7-10PM EST.