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
Youtube: 7m03s: 19 Apr: Contact Tracing-Bill & Chelsea Clinton-G. Newsom-A. Cuomo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ug9XHT9JQQ
1 May: CBS Iowa: Contact tracing ‘army’ being put together in NY by Bloomberg, Johns Hopkins
by Jana Barnello & WHAM Staff
Bloomberg Philanthropies is teaming up with Johns Hopkins University and other groups to find and recruit potential tracers and train them to trace COVID-19 cases. CUNY and SUNY schools are also providing assistance to find applicants...
Mayor Bloomberg joined Governor Cuomo’s daily briefing Thursday...
In all, Cuomo said New York may need between 6,400 to 17,000 tracers, depending on projections for the virus...
https://cbs2iowa.com/news/nation-world/watch-gov-cuomo-holds-daily-covid-19-briefing-from-albany-04-30-2020