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《LANCET，6月29日，Digital tools against COVID-19: taxonomy, ethical challenges, and navigation aid》

  • 来源专题：COVID-19科研动态监测
  • 编译者： xuwenwhlib
  • 发布时间：2020-07-05

  • Digital tools against COVID-19: taxonomy, ethical challenges, and navigation aid

    Urs Gasser, PhD

    Marcello Ienca, PhD

    James Scheibner, PhD

    Joanna Sleigh, MA

    Prof Effy Vayena, PhD

    Open AccessPublished:June 29, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2589-7500(20)30137-0

    Summary

    Data collection and processing via digital public health technologies are being promoted worldwide by governments and private companies as strategic remedies for mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic and loosening lockdown measures. However, the ethical and legal boundaries of deploying digital tools for disease surveillance and control purposes are unclear, and a rapidly evolving debate has emerged globally around the promises and risks of mobilising digital tools for public health. To help scientists and policy makers to navigate technological and ethical uncertainty, we present a typology of the primary digital public health applications that are in use. These include proximity and contact tracing, symptom monitoring, quarantine control, and flow modelling. For each, we discuss context-specific risks, cross-sectional issues, and ethical concerns. Finally, recognising the need for practical guidance, we propose a navigation aid for policy makers and other decision makers for the ethical development and use of digital public health tools.

  • 原文来源：https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500(20)30137-0/fulltext
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