California unveils smartphone tool to trace virus cases

Ashley Zavala reports

THE VIRUS.

FOX FORTY'S ASHLEYZAVALA WITH THOSE DETAILS.AS COVID-19 CONTINUES TOSPREAD IN CALIFORNIA STATELEADERS MONDAY UNVEILED SIYANOTIFY A NEW APP THAT WILLALERT USERS WHEN THEY'VE BEENEXPOSED TO SOMEONE WITH THEVIRUS.

100% PRIVATE.ONE PERCENT SECURE.

100%VOLUNTARY YOU OPT IN OR YOUCHOOSE NOT TO.AND THERE'S NO TRACKINGNOOSE WAS ADMINISTRATION SAYSONCE DOWNLOADED THOSE WHO TESTPOSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS WILL BEDEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ITWILL BE UP TO THE USER TO PLUGIN THE CODE INTO THE APP WHICHWOULD THEN NOTIFY OTHER APPUSERS USING BLUETOOTHTECHNOLOGY WHO ARE WITHIN 6FEET OF THE PERSON FOR ATLEAST 15 MINUTES STATE LEADERSPROMISED THIS DOES NOT SHAREIDENTITIES OR COLLECT ANYLOCATION DATA APPLE AND GOOGLEHELP THE STATE DESIGNED THEAPP IT GOES LIVE DECEMBERVERY VERY.SOBER ABOUT THE ADOPTIONRATES AND I DON'T EXPECT 10'STHE CONTRARY.THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME JUSTHOURS BEFORE STATE LAWMAKERSMET HERE AT THE GOLDEN ONECENTER TO KICK OFF THE NEWLEGISLATIVE SESSION.GREAT USE OF TECHNOLOGYBECAUSE WE SHOULD BELEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO ALERTPEOPLE ESPECIALLY IF THEYPOSSIBLY HAVE BEEN RISKEXPOSURE GET A PUBLIC PLACETHE APP IS THE LATEST EFFORTBY THE NEWSOM ADMINISTRATIONTO SLOW THE SPREAD OF THEVIRUS FOLLOWING A NEW STAY ATHOME ORDER IMPLEMENTED IN MORETHAN HALF OF THE STATESTARTING SESSION SOCIALLYDISTANT AND WITHOUT THE USUALFRIENDS AND FAMILY, SOMELAWMAKERS IN THE ASSEMBLY SAYTHE LEGISLATURE SHOULD HAVEMORE INVOLVEMENT IN THE STATESPANDEMIC RESPONSE KIDS ARESTILL OUT OF SCHOOL YOU KNOWBY THE MILLION.WE HAVE TOO MANY BUSINESSESTHAT ARE STILL SHUT DOWN.

WEHAVE AN EVT AND UNEMPLOYMENT100'S OF THOUSANDS CASE ISSTILL IN ITS BACKLOG.

THESEARE BASIC ISSUES OF GOVERNMENTPERFORMANCE THAT HAVE REALLYHURT PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THESTATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THELEGISLATURE'S JUST KIND OF LETIT HAPPEN AND STOOD BYLEGISLATIVE LEADERS SAYCONFRONTING THE CORONAVIRUSAND ITS FALLOUT IN THE ECONOMYAND EDUCATION REMAINS A TOPPRIORITY.