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Schneier's a security expert, not an epidemiology expert. I don't think I'm going to put much weight in his opinion. The UK's epidemiology and behavioural teams
by chimprich 6y ago
Schneier's a security expert, not an epidemiology expert. I don't think I'm going to put much weight in his opinion. The UK's epidemiology and behavioural teams have some confidence that this app will have an effect.
It doesn't need to be perfectly effective to be useful. Even a small reduction in R is very helpful.
- DanBC 6y agoTo be clear: Sage thinks it will work, but we're not told who is on Sage not which of them think this will work. For all we know this is Cummings not understanding any of the science.
- chimprich 6y agoFor what it's worth, I was thinking of developing an app on similar principles a couple of months ago and I talked to at one of the Sage people. They were enthusiastic about it. There have also been papers modelling the effect. I don't like Cummings' politics but he is a smart guy. I think he'd follow the science.