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Even if you focus on pure tech problems, startups seems to be failing us in the US.

Other countries have scaled out thermal imaging for fever detection, face tracking for contact tracing, and have mobile apps that can warn people where a previous infected patient have visited before. I have yet to see any of that here.

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> face tracking for contact tracing

These calls remind me of 9/11 when we permanently reduced our civil liberties for a momentary problem.

I am not opposed to some of these measures. A lot of lives are at stake, and also the ability to restart the economy.

But they definitely need as part and parcel of the implementation, a 'self destruct' that goes into effect once the crisis is over.

That's definitely a step in the right direction.

But take a look at the Patriot Act. Much of it expired, but has been reauthorized time and time again -- with support from both parties, both Obama and Trump.

Yeah, that's tricky; people tend to adjust to things and they become the 'status quo'. I guess it's partially a matter of electing better politicians down the line.

attempting to do face tracking for contact tracing in the US would likely lead to an uproar from privacy advocates. there are likely many companies (amazon, facebook, google) that have the tech to accomplish it (several years ago).

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