Season 1 · Episode 96
096 - The Pros and Cons of Using Smartphones For COVID-19 Contact Tracing
Public Health On Call · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
June 17, 202014m 45s
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Show Notes
Can smartphones assist contact tracing, a public health tool critical to getting the pandemic under control? What's known as "digital contact tracing" has been utilized in other countries, but there are privacy, policy, and equity issues to be worked out before a US launch. Bioethicist Dr. Jeffrey Kahn talks with Stephanie Desmon about the potential and pitfalls of this technology.