‘Contact tracer' is the hot well-paying job of our era, and you can train to be one for free

Coursera is offering a free five-hour course by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

American states are scrambling to staff up on contact tracers, hiring 100,000-300,000 employees to keep tabs on COVID-19 patients and their contacts. The job is often (though not always) well paid, up to $65,000 per year, and ideal for furloughed workers with strong social skills.

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