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The HSE is asking thousands of people who tested positive for COVID-19 to carry out their own contact tracing due to pressure on the system. Taoiseach Micheál Martin was only made aware of the situation last night when he received a link to an Irish Times article by text. But why is the system in such bad shape? Catherine Murphy, co-leader of the Social Democrats, and Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity College Dublin, joined us to discuss. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2020/10/21172826/LW-Contact-Tracing.mp3"][/audio]