Coronavirus

Ep. 68 - Contact tracing coming to a phone near you

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A made-in-Ontario app called COVID Alert will launch in July to help with contact tracing and stopping the spread of coronavirus. Hosts Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath examine how it will work and some of the privacy concerns. They also discuss the power of NDP leader Jagmeet Singh's response after he was ejected from Parliament this week for calling a Bloc Québécois member racist.
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Jun 18, 2020
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