{"id":183,"date":"2024-06-19T11:47:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T09:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.clausfischer.com\/?page_id=183"},"modified":"2024-06-19T11:47:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T09:47:12","slug":"how-to-get-contact-tracing-right","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.clausfischer.com\/?page_id=183","title":{"rendered":"How to get Contact Tracing right"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With this page I want to start a series of short pages in English language to explain my thoughts about contact tracing during Corona\u2014what went right and what went wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first part is a bit Austria-centric, as I discuss the mistakes of the health authorities in my home country. The second part, though based on the Austrian `Stop-Corona-App’, applies to all European countries since they all tried the same electronic approach and failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This page will serve as an overview and index. I will try to complete the entries as time permits. The structure is planned as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I. Seven disadvantages of using manual contact tracing exclusively<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Trying to use internal documentation systems for contact tracing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Manual labor does not scale properly in the most critical period<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. No notification of indirect contacts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. No notification of contacts in anonymous situations<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Restricting contact tracing to regular work hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Laborious time-consuming process pestering many people<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Submission of all citizens to the same process without rewards<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    II. Seven reasons why the Corona App failed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Destroying trust by coercion<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Denying users control over app behaviour<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Non-deterministic operation principle and unreliable technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Benefits from use scale quadratic with adoption rate<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Choice of an inappropriate physical model (Bluetooth distance)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. No capabilities to track indirect contacts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Again requesting blind submission of citizens without any insight<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      III. Suggested alternative approach<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Avoiding mistakes
        (in crises, there is no guaranteed success but guaranteed failure)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Register contacts as person-to-location, not as person-to-person<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Do not perform any action without user initiation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. Show the user information as benefits<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. Make participation voluntary and anonymous<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      6. Separate contact tracing from binding legal consequences<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      7. Do not tend to the fringe groups, provide a tool helpful to the middle<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      8. Provide benefits to people participating<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      9. Build trust slowly<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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