Covid-19 ethics: digital contact tracing (part 2)

Science Weekly

• Episode: Covid-19 ethics: digital contact tracing (part 2)
• Website: Science Weekly
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• Duration: 00:23:33
• Published: 2020-08-20 06:00

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted many of the economic, health, and social disparities faced by minorities and those living in more deprived areas. Although track-and-trace apps have the potential to reduce the spread of Covid-19, there remain questions about what role digital contact-tracing systems might have in reducing – or increasing – inequality, and who an app will really work for. In the second part of a conversation about the ethics of track-and-trace apps, Ian Sample discusses these issues with Carly Kind and Seeta Peña Gangadharan. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod