PC Magazine - USA (2020-07)

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OVID-19 is invisible, but the people who are diagnosed with it are not.

And so for epidemiologists to do their disease detective work to prevent

more cases, people are their most valuable clues. One way to follow

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majority of Americans are against apps that would allow this.

Contact-tracing apps are being used in South Korea and Singapore and are

often credited as part of the countries’ success in keeping COVID-19 numbers

low. Germany, which has done remarkably well so far without the technology,

has just introduced one using a Google and Apple API. The United States does

not have such an app, but one with the same API is on the horizon. Just how

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chance that it could help.

Most Americans Reject

COVID-19 Contact-Tracing

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