Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/life/2015/02/28/stewart-brand-explains-concepts-change-pace/24202077/

https://www.edelman.com/sites/g/files/aatuss191/files/2020-05/2020%20Edelman%20Trust%20Barometer%20Spring%20Update.pdf

Germany flips to Apple-Google approach on smartphone contact tracing

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech/germany-flips-to-apple-google-approach-on-smartphone-contact-tracing-idUSKCN22807J

Governments have to decide whether to scrap their own COVID-19 contact tracing apps in favor of tech built by Apple and Google. Here's what's at stake.

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-contact-tracing-government-apps-vs-apple-google-covid-19-2020-4#the-biggest-difference-between-contact-tracing-apps-built-by-governments-and-apple-and-googles-tech-is-how-peoples-data-is-stored-1

UW and Microsoft release contact-tracing app, aiming to battle COVID-19 while preserving privacy

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/uw-microsoft-release-contact-tracing-app-aiming-battle-covid-19-preserving-privacy/

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: Myth busters

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes First Test for Patient At-Home Sample Collection

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-first-test-patient-home-sample-collection

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WHO Readies Coronavirus App for Checking Symptoms, Possibly Contact Tracing

She had the vision' — Marc Benioff credits Rhode Island governor for inspiring Salesforce's contact tracing tools

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/05/04/salesforce-benioff-says-rhode-island-governor-inspired-contact-tracing-tools.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-apps/apple-google-ban-use-of-location-tracking-in-contact-tracing-apps-idUSKBN22G28W

Apple and Google reveal what their coronavirus contact tracing system might look like

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/04/apple-and-google-release-sample-code-for-contract-tracing-apps.html?__source=applenews&par=applenews

Slowing the Spread of Infectious Diseases Using Crowdsourced Data

What the US can learn from other countries using phones to track Covid-19

https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/4/18/21224178/covid-19-tech-tracking-phones-china-singapore-taiwan-korea-google-apple-contact-tracing-digital

ACLU WHITE PAPER: THE LIMITS OF LOCATION TRACKING IN AN EPIDEMIC

https://www.aclu.org/report/aclu-white-paper-limits-location-tracking-epidemic?redirect=aclu-white-paper-limits-location-tracking-epidemic

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/10/21216715/apple-google-coronavirus-covid-19-contact-tracing-app-details-use

Here’s how Apple and Google will track the coronavirus with Bluetooth

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/14/21220644/apple-googles-bluetooth-low-energy-le-coronavirus-tracking-contact-tracing

This contact tracing technology of COVID-19 in over a dozen jurisdictions could assist companies as they reopen

BlueTrace: A privacy-preserving protocol for community-driven contact tracing across borders

This Week in Apps: COVID-19 contact tracing apps, virtual dating on the rise, Quibi makes a debut

https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/11/this-week-in-apps-covid-19-contact-tracing-apps-virtual-dating-on-the-rise-quibi-makes-a-debut/

Apple and Google partner on COVID-19 contact tracing technology

https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/apple-and-google-partner-covid-19-contact-tracing-technology

‘A distraction’? Experts warn of limitations of tech for contact tracing

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/distraction-experts-warn-limitations-tech-contact-tracing/story?id=70480135

Apple And Google Launch First Phase Of COVID-19 Contact Tracing. Will Americans Use It?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccabellan/2020/04/30/apple-and-google-launch-first-phase-of-covid-19-contact-tracing-will-americans-use-it/#4c6abd9360ae

Test, trace, contain: how South Korea flattened its coronavirus curve

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/23/test-trace-contain-how-south-korea-flattened-its-coronavirus-curve

https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/current/static/contact-tracing/pdf/ExposureNotification-FAQv1.0.pdf

Apple and Google are building a coronavirus tracking system into iOS and Android

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/10/21216484/google-apple-coronavirus-contract-tracing-bluetooth-location-tracking-data-app

Apple and Google have begun testing their COVID-19 exposure notification API

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/29/21241375/apple-google-covid-19-exposure-notification-contact-tracing-api-beta-release

Apple and Google show what their contact tracing system could look like

Apple and Google update joint coronavirus tracing tech to improve user privacy and developer flexibility

https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/24/apple-and-google-update-joint-coronavirus-tracing-tech-to-improve-user-privacy-and-developer-flexibility/

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Contact-tracing apps have a trust problem, even if they do protect your privacy

https://www.cnet.com/health/contact-tracing-apps-have-a-trust-problem-even-if-they-do-protect-your-privacy/

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/28/1000714/five-things-to-make-contact-tracing-work-covid-pandemic-apple-google/

Contact tracing apps are on the way. Will they help us get back to normal?

https://www.fastcompany.com/90497860/contact-tracing-apps-are-on-the-way-will-they-help-us-get-back-to-normal

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/whats-contact-tracing-and-how-can-it-fight-covid-19/2020/05/01/6373ecec-8b69-11ea-80df-d24b35a568ae_story.html

Contact tracing apps: a behavioural economist’s guide to improving uptake

https://theconversation.com/contact-tracing-apps-a-behavioural-economists-guide-to-improving-uptake-137157

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Using High-Technology to Enforce Low-Technology Safety Measures: The Use of Third-party Remote Video Auditing and Real-time Feedback in Healthcare

We Need An “Army” Of Contact Tracers To Safely Reopen The Country. We Might Get Apps Instead.

Americans split on use of contact tracing apps powered by Apple/Google API

First version of Apple and Google’s contact tracing API should be available to developers next week

https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/23/first-version-of-apple-and-googles-contact-tracing-api-should-be-available-to-developers-next-week/

Contact Tracing : Part of a Multipronged Approach to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic

Apple And Google App For Virus Contact Will Block Location Tracking

https://www.pymnts.com/mobile-applications/2020/apple-and-google-app-for-virus-contact-will-block-location-tracking/

Most Americans don’t think cellphone tracking will help limit COVID-19, are divided on whether it’s acceptable

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/16/most-americans-dont-think-cellphone-tracking-will-help-limit-covid-19-are-divided-on-whether-its-acceptable/

Amid Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, Governor Cuomo Announces Contact Tracing Pilot Program Supported by Mayor Mike Bloomberg to Begin in Coming Weeks

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/amid-ongoing-covid-19-pandemic-governor-cuomo-announces-contact-tracing-pilot-program-support-0

NY Will Hire Contact Tracing ‘Army’ Of 17,000 To Battle Coronavirus, Cuomo Says

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/04/30/ny-will-hire-contact-tracing-army-of-17000-to-battle-coronavirus-cuomo-says/#473896c31bf3

India orders mandatory use of COVID-19 contact tracing app for all workers

Germany’s COVID-19 contacts tracing app to link to labs for test result notification

https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/23/germanys-covid-19-contacts-tracing-app-to-link-to-labs-for-test-result-notification/

https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/inaccurate-and-insecure-why-contact-tracing-apps-could-be-a-disaster/

Governments around the world are trying a new weapon against coronavirus: Your smartphone

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/17/governments-around-world-are-trying-new-weapon-against-coronavirus-your-smartphone/

Most Americans are not willing or able to use an app tracking coronavirus infections. That’s a problem for Big Tech’s plan to slow the pandemic.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/29/most-americans-are-not-willing-or-able-use-an-app-tracking-coronavirus-infections-thats-problem-big-techs-plan-slow-pandemic/

Preliminary Criteria for the Evaluation of Digital Contact Tracing Tools for COVID-19

Germany ditches centralized approach to app for COVID-19 contacts tracing

https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/27/germany-ditches-centralized-approach-to-app-for-covid-19-contacts-tracing/

The COVIDSafe app was just one contact tracing option. These alternatives guarantee more privacy

https://theconversation.com/the-covidsafe-app-was-just-one-contact-tracing-option-these-alternatives-guarantee-more-privacy-137400

COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Why Apple And Google Can’t Make This Work

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/04/27/this-is-the-contact-tracing-worry-even-apple-and-google-cant-resolve/?ss=consumertech#9c9ea3445105

Peer-to-Peer Contact Tracing: Development of a Privacy-Preserving Smartphone App

ANSWERING THE 12 BIGGEST QUESTIONS ABOUT APPLE AND GOOGLE’S NEW CORONAVIRUS TRACKING PROJECT

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/11/21216803/apple-google-coronavirus-tracking-app-covid-bluetooth-secure

https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/current/static/contact-tracing/pdf/ExposureNotification-FrameworkDocumentationv1.1.pdf

The Apple-Google contact tracing tool gets a beta release and a new risk level feature

https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/4/24/21234420/apple-google-contact-tracing-exposure-notification-update

Apple, Google Release Virus Contact-Tracing Tools to App Makers

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-29/apple-google-release-virus-contact-tracing-tools-to-app-makers

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