Should I Apply To Be A NYS COVID-19 Contact Tracer?
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Should I Apply To Be A NYS COVID-19 Contact Tracer? I’m 24M I live on Long Island and have an opportunity to apply to be a COVID-19 contact tracer. The job is essentially making phone calls all day to people who have C19 and have been in contact to people with C19. I stutter pretty bad on the phone, but I’ve done an internship where I’ve made lots of phone calls and I had good days and bad days, but after a few months I was more fluent than I was at the beginning. I’ve never had any form of speech therapy before, but I have found that I’m usually harder on myself for my stutter than others really are. I currently work as a pizza delivery driver and graduated in January with a bachelor’s degree in political science. I’m worried the stress of making so many phone calls may break me, but it could be an opportunity for growth or something. I’d have to really face down my anxiety, but also have an opportunity to do a job that’s more... meaningful I guess. I think I know everyone is gonna tell me to apply, and I think I will. It’s just difficult to be a person who stutters and everyone in my life and at my job are perfectly fluent and don’t know the kind of hellscape a phone call can be to me.