The only practical way to do this will be to make use of the existing, fully-deployed and very personally invasive surveillance infrastructure now sitting in your pocket (or under your cat)https://twitter.com/mlipsitch/status/1243351925229223937 …
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US smartphone penetration is something on the order of 80%. That's 4/5 of the way to full-time contact tracing nationwide. All it requires in practice is Google, Apple, and mobile companies to decide to do it (though we'd be much better off with some kind of enabling legislation)
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Replying to @Pinboard
Doesn’t seem to be working in Israel just yet. Plus, people are leaving their phones at home when they leave home against the rules.
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Replying to @AlpacaWithK
Different country, different context. I don't know anything about Israel so I can't usefully opine.
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