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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