Californians not downloading COVID tracking app. Wut?
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Jazz ShawPosted at 11:35 am on January 6, 2021
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Last month, the state of California launched a new mobile phone app that would allow residents to participate in an automated contact tracing program. Everyone’s location would be detected by the app on a 24/7 basis and if you unwittingly came in contact with a person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus you would be notified. Then everyone who had been in contact with you since the time of your exposure would similarly be flagged. Sounds like an almost foolproof plan, right? There turned out to be just one fly in the ointment, however. Barely one-fifth of California residents installed the app and even some of those who did download it later uninstalled it. (CBS Los Angeles)