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COVID-19 digital contact tracing worked — heed the lessons for future pandemics

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COVID-19 digital contact tracing worked — heed the lessons for future pandemics

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For all the controversy over decentralized contact-tracing apps, data show that these privacy-preserving tools saved thousands of lives during the pandemic. National and international authorities must invest in the technology now.

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In a study in Australia it was found to have been almost useless in preventing infections while being heavily used by police to invade privacy.

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