Health
Why people don’t trust contact tracing apps, and what to do about it – OmniChannel Media
The news: Digital contact tracing apps have faced a wide range of difficulties, but that doesnt mean we should abandon the idea, according to the authors of a new essay in the journal Science. Instead, they argue, successful digital contact tracing needs to be ethical, trustworthy, locally rooted, and adaptive to new data on what works.
The problem: Modern public health relies on contact tracing during disease outbreaks, and digital apps promised to add jet fuel to the fight against covid-19. Early…
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