TraceTogether token faces a chicken-and-egg challenge in getting enough people to download and wear the device, says Bryan Tan.
in Parliament the data will be only downloaded and used in limited public health circumstances related to COVID-19 and if so, would only be accessed by a small number of government officers.
READ: COVID-19 contact tracing ‘absolutely essential’; wearable TraceTogether tokens to be rolled out in JuneThe aim is to reach 75 per cent of the population. The token will help those with hardware issues and the segments of our population who do not carry around a smartphone. People have said making the carrying of such a token mandatory may also seem overly intrusive especially if coupled with the unfounded belief that the token tracks locations or uploads information on its own .
Amidst the background of relaxing restrictions as new infections slow down, it would also seem that the urgency to rush the tokens into mandatory use has tapered off.We are told that at least 75 per cent of the population needs to use the technology in order for it to be effective. Before we go steaming down that path, perhaps consider this familiar example. By all measure, the Health Promotion Board's Healthy 365 programme is a success – almost 2 million people have activated their app and synced their devices.
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