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Some would argue that willfully going outside while you’re infected is the more risky and irresponsible behavior on your part.

• jfoster 6y ago
  The whole idea is that the app would alert you if you may be infected so that you don't go out. The problem is that sometimes people who don't yet know they are infected have contact with other people before anyone in the story finds out that they are infected. The apps allow the communication to happen: 1. Even if the people who had contact don't know each other. 2. Faster. That's how we get ahead of the virus.
  • dchyrdvh 6y ago
    Is this all this tracking achieves? I personally assume that I'm infected until proven otherwise. Even if proven, I can get infected a day later. I don't need a tracker to tell me this.
  • gargs 6y ago
    Contact tracing is a precursor to testing. An app flagging you as a potential positive doesn’t mean that you self-quarantine for x days, rather it means that you get tested asap. And this has to happen every time you get flagged. Otherwise there’s just no point in using those apps. Eventually the entire neighborhood would be flagged. Not sure what the downvote is for.