A few years ago several of us interrupted our research to help think about COVID.
Technology-Based Contact Tracing
In mid-March, Lyle and I got excited about contact tracing. As a tech person, the natural way of taking on contact tracing is via technology:
- A protocol we created.
- An expository discussion of contact tracing using technology.
- A letter to push Europe to not give up on privacy.
- An App to implement these ideas.
- I have used these cartoons as a basis for a fun little talk.
Manual Contact Tracing
But, it actually is more important to do tracing by hand with tracers talking to infected people instead of by using technology:
- A position paper on general contact tracing to get us out of lock down.
- A letter we wrote targeted to Washington State.
- Requirements for opening. (And some more mathematical background on how many tests will it take to open one city.)