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A lighter approach to understanding contact tracing

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Done properly, contact tracing could help defeat COVID-19 (and Big Brother, too).
Done properly, contact tracing could help defeat COVID-19 (and Big Brother, too).
Image: Envato

Friday’s announcement that Apple and Google are teaming up to create a contact-tracing program to stop the spread of COVID-19 generated more questions than answers.

We broke down how these apps could help with our Cult of Mac explainer on the subject. However, we also found a more lighthearted, comic resource that addresses the ins and outs of contact tracing.

Our thanks to Canadian game developer Nicky Case and her associates, who created this insightful contact-tracing comic, titled “Protecting Lives & Liberty.”

How does contact tracing work? Contact tracing can fight a pandemic without sacrificing privacy.

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