Location Tracking to Fight Coronavirus Is Dangerous and Possibly Pointless
How much surveillance do we need to stop a pandemic? As the novel coronavirus spreads, testing and health system resources are becoming more and more scarce, while normal life has screeched to a halt for millions of people under shelter-in-place orders. The solution to both these problems, according to some researchers and government agencies around…
Privacy & Security
Dan Calacci
I’m a Disaster Scientist. Here’s Why We Need to Think About Coronavirus Recovery Now
The coronavirus pandemic does not end when you can leave your house or when scientists develop a vaccine. It ends when we have recovered. And as with any destructive hurricane, tornado, earthquake, oil spill, or terrorist attack, a recovery from this pandemic will happen. Disaster survivors call recovery “the second disaster.” The process of rebuilding…
Earther
Samantha Montano