Abstract
This article has several aims. The first one, based on analysis of real-life data of the first Norwegian contact tracing app “The Smittestopp app”, is to show how digital contact tracing apps work and their function and possible impact in COVID-19-crisis. I mainly focused on apps designed to automatically tell users or/and public health officials whether somebody has potentially been exposed to COVID-19. What are the factors that could impact its reception from the public opinion? The second one is to present the result of automated contact tracing apps that are backed by national governments in selected countries. And finally, I would like to look at the social, political, economic, and psychological circumstances of launching the Polish application “ProteGo Stop Covid”. I characterize the process and conditions that occurred when the Polish government was working on it and try to answer the question if it were possible to implement this process more effectively.
Highlights
In late December 2019 an abnormal form of mysterious pneumonia occurred, characterized by fever, dry cough, and fatigue, and occasional gastrointestinal symptoms, health threatening medical service in China
Presented findings can help understand pandemic and society influenced by it, and support public health policies in the future. This analysis illustrates that digital contact tracing apps are potentially able to help prevent COVID-19 and other disease outbreaks, especially the ones related to highly connected individuals and super spreading events (Elmokashfi et al, 2021)
If one would mark themselves as infected, they would have to verify their phone number, so it breached privacy even though the app was advertised as “data-free” (Potiuk, 2020). Together with releasing this version of the app the Ministry of Development introduced a plan of loosening restrictions in the form of privileges for persons using the app (10% higher number of people that can be admitted to the place if they have the app, queuing privileges if there are no crowds in the shop, need to place a device that register by Stop COVID ( ProteGo) entrance to the facility or printing QR code generated from app to be scanned by customers)
Summary
In late December 2019 an abnormal form of mysterious pneumonia occurred, characterized by fever, dry cough, and fatigue, and occasional gastrointestinal symptoms, health threatening medical service in China. Presented findings can help understand pandemic and society influenced by it, and support public health policies in the future This analysis illustrates that digital contact tracing apps are potentially able to help prevent COVID-19 and other disease outbreaks, especially the ones related to highly connected individuals and super spreading events (Elmokashfi et al, 2021). Every government should take into consideration the way information is formed and evolves so as to take steps in order to increase the level of rationality and trust in public discourse around COVID-19 This analysis took into consideration political factors that could influence contact tracing app uptake. In monarchy countries (like Qatar) and where the political system has been dominated by one party (Singapore) the level of uptake drastically differs
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