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Testing On A Massive Scale

Testing On A Massive Scale

Morning Brief

September 3, 20207m 32s

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Show Notes

Hong Kong is pursuing voluntary mass testing for all its residents. This initiative has been met with objections from NGOs and activists while some questions over the privacy of data collected. Benjamin Cowling, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at University of Hong Kong tell us the rationale for this and would this unfortunately lead to a false sense of security.

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Government/Regulatory/Policy MakingHealthcarePharmaBiotechPoliticsNewsCurrent AffairsHealthHong KongCovid-19testingprivacysecurity