So you want to translate this into how much infections it _prevented_ and then compare it against the cost of a COVID-19 infection for society.
I don’t have the numbers but my gut feeling says that 56€ is a bargain.
I don’t have the numbers but my gut feeling says that 56€ is a bargain.
If the number of infections that were not detected are double the 300.000, then we are fast approaching 10% of all infections detected.
But anyway Denmark spend 60 times the budget for the app on testing each month in 2021, so it's pennies the app has cost.
But i still think it worthwhile to know what the taxpayers get for their money.
By that logic, we should start selling hand sanitizer for 100 euros, and soap for 50 euros, right?
Obviously the idea that something should not be evaluated by how efficiently was produced but solely by how much it was needed is a recipe for absolute disaster and cost bloat. Seat belts will go for 10,000 euros in that world.