On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 07:36:19 +1000, wrote:

No one is pinning all their hopes on an app.

Good, because handing them a voodoo doll would work as well.

"Evidence for the use of automated or partly automated contact-tracing
tools to contain severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
is scarce."
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REFERENCE
o Automated and partly automated contact tracing: a systematic review to
inform the control of COVID-19
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500(20)30184-9/fulltext