Nope. If this is the best the government can do, to destroy the nation, then we really don’t need the government. It it defeating its purpose.
the Newsweek writer is just like the media in Australia - they all make it sound like something WE should all do together. what a disgrace they are. mind you, Australia hasn’t taken it as far as this city in India...yet:
6 May: Business Insider: A city in India is ordering all of its residents to download the government’s controversial COVID-19 contact tracing app or face jail time
by Connor Perrett
Police in Noida, India, a city outside of New Delhi, ordered all residents to download Aarogya Setu, a COVID-19 contact tracing app developed by the Indian government.
City residents found without the application face a fine of around $13 USD and up to six months in jail, BuzzFeed News reported.
Police did not say what would happen if a person did not own a smartphone, which less than half of Indian citizens do...
https://www.businessinsider.com/indian-city-ordered-residents-to-download-contact-tracing-app-2020-5?r=AU&IR=T
Next thing you know they will have a better idea. It lost us install this little chip. And while we’re at it it will be used as your credit card. Yoj can run your hand over a scanner at the store. Never worry about your forgetting your wallet again. While we’re at it we can use that nifty little chip if you have it to deposit your 10,000 a month for you your spouse (heck can even be a same sex spouse) and up to three kids. When does that end? Three months after the declared emergency ends. But since we all know some pneumonia will be back next year we don’t ever have to test again and we can just call all those deaths CoVId. Voila. Never ending emergency. $120k a year. No cost to you (except your soul)