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Digital Smartphone Tracking for COVID-19: Public Health and Civil Liberties in Tension.
- Source :
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JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association . 6/16/2020, Vol. 323 Issue 23, p2371-2372. 2p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This Viewpoint compares manual and digital strategies for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) contact tracing, describes how countries in Asia and Europe have used smartphone tracking, and discusses privacy and discrimination concerns and strategies for balancing public health and civil liberties in the US. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *COVID-19
*CONTACT tracing
*SMARTPHONES
*PUBLIC health
*CIVIL rights
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00987484
- Volume :
- 323
- Issue :
- 23
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 143849074
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.8570