joining our conversation is maggie stern, maggie stern has been symptom-free for six weeks from coronavirus, an infection she caught. she continues to test positive. we'll answer some of maggie questions. maggie, thanks for being a part of this show. i don't think we ever had a chance to talk to somebody infected with coronavirus and it sounds like in doing the right thing, you notified the government, you notified the government. take us through your experience. >> hi, thanks. our son was studying abroad in europe for the semester and the last week of february he was in madrid and he was on spring break and his program got suspended because it was in italy. so prior to coming home he was going to prague for a few days and due to be home on march 5th. on march 3rd, he contacted us and told us that he had, we weren't aware of what it was. >> we're going to have to fix maggie's audio. we can't hear her and she can't hear us right now. let's try to fix that. doctor, i talked to maggie and she represents a real conundrum, not talked at any of the press briefings, she tested positive, she was te

like a detective, you're investigating this every step this person took, i interviewed a woman maggie sternen he son came back from europe, he was likely covid-positive. he got sick and was home and they did their own contact tracing just to alert everyone. they called the airline, they called, you know, previous contacts in europe and they didn't get any sense of anyone had followed up. how do you get all the pieces in the chain to be responsive in. >> yeah, we're so appreciative, nicolle, to be on your show because it takes a lot of public information and media and getting people to understand that fundamentally, contact tracing should be about care, it's about -- just like that family you talked to, it's about caring for others and caring for our own families. most of the transmission of covid-19 happens within very close contacts, roommates, other close colleagues, so, you know, i think technology has a big role to play but people are very scared right now. this isn't an easy time. to have a human who can be saying, look, you've been exposed, first of all, how are you? we have your back