MA, NY, CA pursue traditional human-based contact tracing strategy, shunning digital solutions; Experts push for human-based national strategy

Fred Vogelstein, Will Knight / Wired
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Context

Apple and Google release developer resources for Exposure Notification UI; Includes policies barring location tracking, limiting to one app per country, and requiring explicit user permissions – TechCrunch
Cyber-intel firms, which normally develop law-enforcement surveillance tech, pitch governments on spy tools for coronavirus contact tracing and mass surveillance – Reuters
The inside story of how Apple and Google employees came together to develop their contact tracing toolkit – CNBC

Discussion

1)Despite the talk, tech isn’t getting much traction in Covid contact tracing.The MDs and PhDs who run public health aren’t dazzled by cool-looking software.And Silicon Valley has a reputation problem.Too much tech feels politically risky right now. https://t.co/QZIvQ5DeGN
— Fred Vogelstein (@fvogelstein) May 8, 2020

“Those of us who have worked in public health for decades kind of cringe when we hear ‘Oh it will be easy. Anyone can do it’” https://t.co/YgLFa3ckHd
— All I don't wanna do is zoom-a-zoom-zoom-zoom (@hypervisible) May 8, 2020