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Dr. Moore responds as Kingston reaches highest COVID-19 levels yet

December 11, 2020December 12, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments chanukah, Christmas, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 in schools, Dr. Kieran Moore, family gatherings, Gananoque, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), long-term care, Orange level, outbreaks, pandemic, Provincial Framework for COVID-19 Response, rising number of cases, shopping, travel, vulnerable residents, Yellow level

Dr. Moore is calling the outbreak of COVID-19 at Gananoque Chev Buick GMC Cadillac a “superspreader event,” as the number

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Contact tracing apps ‘fundamentally flawed’ for controlling COVID-19

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Australia, Bluetooth, computer science, contact tracing apps, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 exposure, David Skillicorn, Germany, government, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), outbreaks, phone apps, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Public Health, Queen's University, School of Computing, Singapore, technology

A computing expert from Queen’s University says mobile contact tracing apps simply aren’t useful for managing the spread of COVID-19.