UW, Microsoft release coronavirus contact-tracing app

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As parts of the country look to reopen the economy, a new app by the University of Washington and Microsoft hopes to be a reliable way to track the virus and its future spread.

The CovidSafe app is designed to alert people who may have come in contact with the virus. The app works by alerting someone about potential exposure to coronavirus, while giving tips about managing symptoms and ordering a test.

The app allows people to log their symptoms and will notify them about public health alerts.

The app requires Bluetooth tracking and location logging, but developers say the best thing about the app is that it is completely anonymous.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/uw-microsoft-release-coronavirus-contact-tracing-app/ar-BB135Uly

[FreeState]

1. iOS app coming soon

(Google and Apple are making an app as well - as a partnership).

[Steelrolled]

2. We really need all apps to be compatible.

Sounds like Google and Apple will be, just need to get MS in on it.

[Squinch]

3. Oh great. The very same geniuses that gave us the IHME model that is a piece of crap.

I wonder if THIS time they'll consult an epidemiologist. Like they didn't when devising the IHME model that is going to get thousands killed.