Digital Contact Tracing, Privacy, and Discrimination: On the Ethics of Fighting Corona (additional Corona-related funding)
- Funded by Volkswagen Stiftung
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Key facts
Disease
COVID-19Start & end year
2020Funder
Volkswagen StiftungPrincipal Investigator
Mathias FrischResearch Location
GermanyLead Research Institution
Universität HannoverResearch Priority Alignment
N/A
Research Category
Research to inform ethical issuesResearch Subcategory
Research to inform ethical issues related to Public Health MeasuresSpecial Interest Tags
N/AStudy Type
Non-ClinicalClinical Trial Details
N/ABroad Policy Alignment
PendingAge Group
Not ApplicableVulnerable Population
Not applicableOccupations of Interest
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Abstract
How can severe restrictions on public life be lifted without risking the occurrence of a second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic? We investigate the ethics of policies that may plausibly replace lockdowns, and we argue that digital contact tracing is preferable to alternative policies, even if a setting were required that is less-than privacy-preserving and that would make the use of a contact tracing app mandatory. The key impact of our research is to inform policy makers and enable public deliberation about ethical policy making during the pandemic.