[chbot] CovidCard implementation - how expensive should it be to manufacture 1M of them?

[Mike Field]

(this time to the list 8) )

Is there any research that indicates that CovidCard, even with very high 
80%+ adoption rate, 90%+ of contacts logged and so on, backed up with 
"Gold Standard" contract tracing and isolation, is sufficient to to 
reduce effective R value less than 1.0? In other words, if the tech is 
good and it is successfully deployed will it cause the pandemic to die 
out, and allow restrictions to be lifted things like tourism and  mass 
gathering to resume?

My own feeling is that CovidCrd will not greatly reduce the overall 
risks, by adding weight to political discussions to drop restrictions, 
and enabling people to partake in high-risk behavior (cafe's, clubbing, 
dining out, church, travel, concerts...) because "technology has their 
back".

Mike

P.S. Why was this somewhat a patsy question? 
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/heres-what-we-need-in-a-digital-contact-tracing-solution