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In some places 40% of us may have downloaded COVIDSafe. Here's why the government should share what it knows

  • Written by: Robert Slonim, Professor of Economics, University of Sydney

It’s 18 days since the government launched its digital contact-tracing app COVIDSafe. The latest figure we have for downloads is 5.4 million, on May 8, about 29% of smartphone users aged 14 and over.

My own mini-survey suggests that in Sydney and Melbourne the takeup could already be 40% – a figure the government has mentioned as a...

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