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# Contact Tracing And Testing: Fighting The Spread Of Covid-19
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/movies/decibel-securing-your-vote-bipphe/extras/contact-tracing-and-testing-fighting-spread-covid-19-mg4opl/
- Published: 2026-02-11T20:06:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-12T19:16:16.000Z
- Description: Scientists say there are two key weapons needed to fight the spread of Covid-19.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Decibel: Securing Your Vote, #ZZZ_Show_167e9b95-93e6-43d7-be23-0561107e33c4, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_78c8dd85-30e4-4ebe-8e65-e2389437e877, #movie-extra

As the state continues efforts to re-open, the need for reliable and available Covid-19 testing is even more crucial. Judy Maggio talks with Shelley Payne, the director of the LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, and UT public health faculty member Marilyn Felkner about how the state would implement a plan for Covid-19 contact tracing to ensure the disease doesn't spread.