[LINK] COVIDfail – the Australian coronavirus tracing app that can’t find anyone

[Karl Auer]

On Wed, 2020-07-15 at 09:19 +1000, Tom Worthington wrote:
> The COVIDSafe App only cost a tiny fraction of the billions spent on 
> COVID-19. The app was oversold, but at least it appears to have done
> no direct harm, unlike some other measures.

I gave you several harms, direct and otherwise, the least of which was
millions spent that could have gone to - oh, hospitals? Schools?
Homelessness? Advertising something that actually helps?

> But an App which works well and does not infringe privacy would be 
> useful.

If we had a beach we could have a moonlit picnic on the beach, if we
had a moon.

> What worries me is that Australia has got used to implementing
> pandemic measures in a relatively benign environment

That's a general point I think. Australia has gotten used to a benign
environment.

Regards, K.

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