Contact Tracing

Apr
12
Testing, not tracing, is the privacy-preserving response to COVID-19.

Testing, not tracing, is the privacy-preserving response to COVID-19.

Technology enabled contact tracing seems like a rational response to the current pandemic. However, both the characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and the unintended consequences of implementing some of the suggested technologies suggest that a coordinated social response is a better road forward.
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