Even before today's big announcement from Apple and Google, it was clear that phone-based contact tracking was going to be an important weapon in the war against COVID-19. But might that weapon be a double-edged sword? In today's HIMSSCast, host Jonah Comstock is joined by the MobiHealthNews team – Managing Editor Laura Lovett and Associate Editor Dave Muoio – to discuss the various companies, researchers and governments working on COVID-19 contact tracking and population mapping, and what privacy concerns these efforts may prompt.
Articles mentioned in this podcast:
Chinese government releases public app to gauge potential coronavirus exposures
Bahrain launches electronic bracelets to keep track of active COVID-19 cases
Facebook rolls out three new COVID-19 related health tracking maps
Google mobilizes location tracking data to help public health experts monitor COVID-19 spread
US military going on deployment told to leave wearable trackers at home (from 2018)
MIT's COVID-19 app uses smartphones' Bluetooth to anonymously spot disease contacts
