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Is the UK’s pingdemic good or bad? Yes.

10 mins | Jul 30, 2021
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When protection creates confusion. A COVID surge was meant to be the moment that digital contact tracing apps finally came into their own. So why have so many Britons turned their backs on the government's technology? Chris Stokel-Walker and Lindsay Muscato explore the complications surrounding the UK's National Health Service contact tracing platform and what will be next for the app.

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