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Abstract
Digital apps using Bluetooth to log proximity events (henceforth, digital contact tracing) are increasingly supported by technologists and governments. By and large, the public debate on this matter focuses on privacy, with experts from both law and technology offering very concrete proposals and participating to a lively debate. Far less attention is paid to effective incentives and their fairness. This paper aims to fill this gap by offering a practical, workable solution for a promising incentive, justified by the ethical principles of non-maleficence, beneficence, autonomy and justice. This incentive is a free phone optimised for running such app.
- epidemiology
- public policy
- technology/risk assessment
- public health ethics
- distributive justice
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Footnotes
Contributors I am the sole author and sole contributor to this paper.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests ML reports personal fees from Health-Catalyst, outside the submitted work.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
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