For about a month now, I’ve had the government’s official COVID Alert app installed on my phone. It is active and monitoring. Each week I get a notification telling me I haven’t had contact with anybody who tested positive for the coronavirus. That’s good news but it isn’t too surprising. First of all, I work from home and barely leave the house. But I do so occasionally to get a haircut and buy some groceries. Second, even if one of the people I have had contact with was infected, I would only find out if they either have the app…

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