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Feb 11, 2021 • 20 tweets • 9 min read
🧵 Lots of great conversation about the latest study on the effectiveness of #ExposureNotification out of the UK. What is it actually saying and what are the implications? /1🧵
@lmuscato has a high-level overview via @techreview: technologyreview.com/2021/02/11/101…
Top line result of this study: "We estimated that for every 1% increase in app users, the number of infections can be reduced by 0.8% (from modelling) or 2.3% (from statistical analysis)." via @turinginst
"Routine public health surveillance data suggest that notified contacts [from an #ExposureNotification app] seek SARS-CoV-2 testing."
Early findings from 🇨🇭Switzerland on the efficacy of their app. /1
github.com/digitalepidemi…
Tl;Dr: "In conclusion, based on the data collected during the initial deployment of the SwissCovid app, we argue that voluntary digital contact tracing can show similar effectiveness at identifying infected partners of index cases as classic contact tracing." 🙌 /2
