Virginia's New Covid tracking app, COVIDWISE

vdh.virginia.gov

3 pointsjberryman3 comments

Apparently the first state to release an app based on Apple and Google's API: https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/appl...

Disappointed not to see more attention paid to this release. Also would like to see other states picking it up immediately.

With Canadian https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/covid-19-exposure-... and Irish apps already available, it seems like states should be able to copy from one of them.

https://www.telecompaper.com/news/most-irish-have-downloaded... says that 60% of Irish cellphone owners have downloaded it. Some people won't ever download it because of privacy paranoia but it'd be nice to get people who will a chance to do so.

The FAQ about how the VA app works is an interesting read. I do wish it was open source though, so I could really advocate for it even for my friends who are very privacy conscious or wary of tech.

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