With contact tracing, don’t let perceptions of big tech be the enemy of the greater good
Experts say the U.S. will need about 300,000 human tracers to chart and break ongoing expansion of the coronavirus pandemic, but we currently only have between 8,000 and 14,000. In a recent Rock Health post, the firm recommends combining a surge in human tracers, digital technologies to capture and share accurate and timely data with public health departments, and the will for public health organizations to share this data with people at the community level. Big tech is stepping up to play a part: on April...