This is vital if we are to move past coronavirus. It took longer than it should have to make this available, but everyone has a responsibility to install the app for their specific country. (The privacy solution is very clever. The most common criticism is health departments complaining that they want more information so they can trace outbreaks.)
Get alerted to COVID-19 exposure
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Re: Get alerted to COVID-19 exposure
#12This is vital if we are to move past coronavirus. It took longer than it should have to make this available, but everyone has a responsibility to install the app for their specific country. (The privacy solution is very clever. The most common criticism is health departments complaining that they want more information so they can trace outbreaks.)
For a highly contagious airborne respiratory virus, not so much. It's also far too pandemic anyway.
Re: Get alerted to COVID-19 exposure
#13This is vital if we are to move past coronavirus. It took longer than it should have to make this available, but everyone has a responsibility to install the app for their specific country. (The privacy solution is very clever. The most common criticism is health departments complaining that they want more information so they can trace outbreaks.)
Nope. I refuse to participate.
Re: Get alerted to COVID-19 exposure
#14Re: Get alerted to COVID-19 exposure
#15This is vital if we are to move past coronavirus. It took longer than it should have to make this available, but everyone has a responsibility to install the app for their specific country. (The privacy solution is very clever. The most common criticism is health departments complaining that they want more information so they can trace outbreaks.)
No, it's not vital. At all. Contact tracing IS great and very effective in early stages of a pandemic, but THIS isn't an effective way to scale it. You're not going to walk it back at this point with this particular technology.