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We need to get testing and contact tracing down before we re-open. You're right that we cannot wait for a vaccine.

• holler 6y ago
  I'm really still not sold on contact-tracing at all. What good does it do for me to find out that 10 people I crossed paths with today had covid? If a sizable number of people end up getting it etc, these apps are only going to serve to freak people out with anxiety and no one will use them. Id rather just assume I'm coming into contact with it when I leave my house, and then take necessary precautions.
  • MiroF 6y ago
    > these apps are only going to serve to freak people out with anxiety and no one will use them. Not sure that it should necessarily be done by apps. But if you can find someone who has covid, identify their close contacts, and have them tested - then you can still catch a significant number of cases and put a dent in the disease's spread. These are things that mitigate the spread and have a substantial impact at the margin. I'd spend some time reading what the pros, like Trevor Bedford, are suggesting as a path forward, rather than just the headlines about Apple's new contact tracing app. Also, worth noting that other countries have successfully suppressed the virus.