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Contact tracing is exactly the kind of tool that would help track outbreaks from protests. Unfortunately in the US we have almost no contact tracing going on.
by gregwebs 6y ago
Contact tracing is exactly the kind of tool that would help track outbreaks from protests. Unfortunately in the US we have almost no contact tracing going on.
It is unclear how bad the spread from protests will be since protesters are outside and often wear masks, and the density of protesters can vary greatly. I haven't read of documented super spreader events that occurred exclusively outdoors, it would be great science to track the spread due to protests.
- usaar333 6y ago* no mobile contact tracing - lots of actual. I'm not sure how much the mobile protocols would even help in protests. Don't you need proximity with someone for 30 minutes or so to be tagged a contact?
- crushthecurve 6y agoIf there was a mobile contact tracing app that used AGPS with accuracy down to ~1m maybe it would be useful? Existing contact tracing apps use Bluetooth which can't be used to determine proximity with any reliability - solid objects (particularly human bodies) absorb significant signal. Unless all protestors were holding their phones up high for unimpeded line-of-site connections then even protestors next to each other could 'appear' 20-30m away. In most cases (especially in a protest situation) all Bluetooth-based contact tracing apps can tell you is that two devices are in Bluetooth range (so accuracy of ~30m?).
- throwaway122378 6y ago> I haven't read of documented super spreader events that occurred exclusively outdoors this is something that people can’t seem to understand. The likelihood of spreading any Coronavirus in mass outdoors is close to zero