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This is a thought experiment at best. If we ignore the privacy concerns, there is the basic practical issue that location tracking is often wildly bad and would
by s1mon 7y ago
This is a thought experiment at best. If we ignore the privacy concerns, there is the basic practical issue that location tracking is often wildly bad and would lead to tons of false positive and negative selection of people to test. Over the years I've used a variety of Garmin watches and iPhones to track runs and walks. In areas with tall buildings or steep hills and trees all of these systems will jump around and track me as if I were superman bounding over/through buildings and city blocks from one second to the next.
- mariushn 7y agoThere are ways to improve that, eg https://eng.uber.com/rethinking-gps/ https://eng.uber.com/rethinking-gps/ It could also give a probability for each case. I agree it's hard, but maybe there are some cases where it will be effective. Look at China's current infection rates vs. Italy. Desperate times require some not-perfect measures. https://menafn.com/1099795540/China-suppressed-Covid-19-with-AI-and-big-data https://menafn.com/1099795540/China-suppressed-Covid-19-with...