Who needs a contact tracing app when you’ve got Gen-Z internet sleuths to contend with? I jest, of course, but anyone who’s ever been ghosted or treated shoddily in a dating sitch will relate to the above comedy sketch.
Written for Australian comedy group The Chaser by Bec Shaw and Nina Oyama, the “Contact Tracys” sketch envisions a world where two teenagers are placed in charge of contact tracing COVID-19 cases, much to the chagrin of their older colleagues.
“IDK? Is that your department?” one of them asks. Yes, that is second-hand embarrassment you’re experiencing right now.
The Contact Tracys’ advice to their OK Boomer co-workers to start a trace? “OK, pretend he’s the guy that ghosted your best friend.”
Because at the end of the day, is it even a world-class contract tracing system if you’re not checking their Snap Map?