Both Singapore and South Korea publicly report such data. Names are anonymized, but it isn't that hard to dox them. I personally think it is bad that HIPAA doe

Both Singapore and South Korea publicly report such data. Names are anonymized, but it isn't that hard to dox them. I personally think it is bad that HIPAA doesn't have epidemic exemptions. Over you have widespread testing, having this info public allows: * Exposed individuals to submit to testing, learning more about who may be exposed = more data and find more exposure * Learn valuable patterns about disease transfer. E.g. Both Singapore and South Korea clusters suggest children aren't playing a significant role in transfer, but aren't enough data to know for sure. With more data, perhaps we would know they aren't and could avoid enormously expensive school closings. Honestly, I'm not sure what the end games of lockdown in Western societies are with a disease that can spread asymptomatically. You need these kind of X area was infected at y time announcements to get high enough testing coverage of potentialy infected people.