Coronavirus surveillance

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planted: 04/05/2020last tended: 27/11/2021

COVID-mitigating applications like health surveys or contact tracing only work if a critical mass of the population uses them.

Big Tech Won’t Save Us: The Case for Social Transformation over Coronavirus Surveillance

Integrating mobile apps that exploit location data to track whether someone may have come in contact with a COVID carrier does not add more hospital beds, doctors or nurses in poverty stricken areas.

Big Tech Won’t Save Us: The Case for Social Transformation over Coronavirus Surveillance

Integrating mobile apps that exploit location data to track whether someone may have come in contact with a COVID carrier does not add more hospital beds, doctors or nurses in poverty stricken areas.

Big Tech Won’t Save Us: The Case for Social Transformation over Coronavirus Surveillance

The answer lies in not just an aggressive response to the pandemic, but an aggressive response to structural inequality.

Big Tech Won’t Save Us: The Case for Social Transformation over Coronavirus Surveillance

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