Para o fim da contenção na UE

Roteiro Europeu Comum com vista a levantar as medidas de contenção da COVID-19: Embora ainda estejamos a atravessar uma fase crítica, as necessárias medidas extraordinárias tomadas pelos Estados-Membros e pela UE estão a dar resultado, tendo permitido reduzir a propagação do vírus e salvar milhares de vidas. No entanto, estas medidas e a correspondente incerteza acarretam consequências dramáticas para as pessoas, a sociedade e a economia, e não podem durar indefinidamente.

A ficção e o mundo real

Contact Tracing in the Real World: contact tracing in the real world is not quite as many of the academic and industry proposals assume.

First, it isn’t anonymous.

Second, contact tracers have access to all sorts of other data such as public transport ticketing and credit-card records.

Third, you can’t wait for diagnoses.

Fourth, the public health authorities need geographical data for purposes other than contact tracing – such as to tell the army where to build more field hospitals, and to plan shipments of scarce personal protective equipment.

Fifth, although the cryptographers – and now Google and Apple – are discussing more anonymous variants of the Singapore app, that’s not the problem. Anyone who’s worked on abuse will instantly realise that a voluntary app operated by anonymous actors is wide open to trolling.

Sixth, there’s the human aspect.

Trump lento na decisão

Most Americans Say Trump Was Too Slow in Initial Response to Coronavirus Threat: Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) say Trump was too slow to take major steps to address the threat to the United States when cases of the disease were first reported in other countries.

Pessoas em alerta a fazer trabalho de polícia

A snooper's charter? Police invite public to report coronavirus rule-breakers through online forms

Voluntária mas obrigatória

Austrália: Coronavirus mobile tracking app may be mandatory if not enough people sign up

Jovem, evita o coronavírus

CDC: decisions regarding youth programs and camps during the COVID-19 pandemic

Esquemas

Dark web scammers exploit Covid-19 fear and doubt: Since the beginning of the global pandemic, marketplaces on the dark web have seen a rise in Covid-19 related products and services. Sought-after N95 masks, gowns, gloves and the drug chloroquine have all been listed on these marketplaces.

Last month, security software firm IntSights found blood allegedly belonging to recovered coronavirus patients was even being offered for sale.

Criminals hope a heightened sense of fear will make people rush to buy these products, and as a result these items are not cheap