An app could catch 98.5% of all Covid-19 infections. Why isn't it available? | Adrienne Matei
by Adrienne Matei from Technology | The Guardian on (#5BQB5)
These inventions could help our coronavirus crisis now. But delays mean they may not be adopted until the worst of the pandemic is behind us
The world wasn't prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic - and it still isn't. Critical shortages of personal protective equipment and ventilators continue to put medical professionals and patients at unnecessary risk. Meanwhile, long wait times for test results contribute to viral spread.
Yet throughout this year, promising scientific innovations have been developed that could help reduce deaths until everyone can get the vaccine. So why aren't they available?
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