“I’ll say it’s not a panacea of any kind, but it is yet another tool,” he said.
“This app makes contact tracing a more effective, efficient tool,” said UW-Madison Professor Oguz Alagoz, who also models COVID-19 spread. He said while the app has its own barriers, it can cut down the on lag and unknowns that come with manual contact tracing, such as if a COVID-positive person can’t name everyone they’ve been in contact with or if a contact tracer doesn’t have the information to get ahold of someone.
Alagoz said because the app doesn’t track personal data, it’s hard to say exactly how effective it has been elsewhere, but he noted that people ages about 15 to 45 have been more likely to download the app.
‘Yet another tool’: Experts say efficacy of smartphone COVID-19 tracing app will depend on public participation
December 17, 2020 9:14 PM Madalyn O Neill
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MADISON, Wis. – While the vaccine may be months away for many in the country, there’s another tool on its way that can go in the hands of everyone in Wisconsin as soon as next week.
The State announced the WI Exposure Notification, a voluntary and free smartphone app that uses Bluetooth to alert users if they’ve been in close contact with another user who has tested positive for COVID-19. Whenever someone tests positive for COVID-19, they’ll be sent a code that can be entered into the app, which is used to anonymously send an alert to users with whom they’ve shared a Bluetooth signal.
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A mobile lab run by University of Illinois System subsidiary Shield T3 was set up Dec. 11 in Lot 64 near the WARF building. The lab will conduct diagnostic PCR testing of saliva samples collected at sites across campus from students and employees starting in January. Photo: Bryce Richter
Beginning in January, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will implement a new campus safety and testing program, adapted from a successful system called Shield T3 that was developed by the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
This week, UIUC surpassed the 1 million test mark using their unique high-capacity saliva-based testing approach that represents 10% of all COVID-19 tests in Illinois and at times as many as 2% of the tests in the nation.
December 14, 2020
A mobile lab run by University of Illinois System subsidiary Shield T3 was set up Friday in Lot 64 near the WARF building. The lab will conduct diagnostic PCR testing of saliva samples collected at sites across campus from students and employees starting in January. Along with the Safer Badgers app and Badger Badge access pass, this expanded testing will enhance the safety of the campus community. UW–Madison is looking for COVID-19 health technicians to assist in sample collection for testing; apply here. 1 Workers install lab freezers in the mobile testing lab. Photo by: Bryce Richter 2 The intake window of a Shield T3 mobile COVID-19 testing lab at UW–Madison, which is located in parking lot 64 near the WARF Office Building.