Where have you been Immune? Many of us still have it installed and activated on their smartphones, continuing to participate in that contact tracing project which, at the most delicate moment of the health crisis, has not proved effective or as widespread as it could (and should) have. Even the rhythm of the download he suddenly suffered a setback, struggling when the 10 million mark seemed within reach.
Immune and the abrupt stop of downloads
7 million October 5th, 8 million less than a week later, 9 million in the second half of last month. Then the brusco stop. Today there are 9.884 million, according to data updated by the Ministry of Health as of November 22nd. Notifications sent inevitably down too.
In addition, the Twitter profile officer of Immune significantly slowed down its publications compared to the almost daily frequency in early autumn: no new posts since October 20th. Silence.
We found ourselves having to deal with the faster than expected second wave of the infections and the initiatives for the contact tracking they did not work as intended. However, do not make the mistake of attributing responsibility exclusively to the lack of participation by the citizens: it is only one of the pieces of a more complex picture that you see in the neglect of some regions one of the most critical factors.
The adoption of Immuni slowed down just when the app would have been most needed. A paradox which is explained only with a sense of mistrust in the effectiveness of the technology in question went snaking just as the bugbear of COVID-19 it returned to reveal itself as feared for the long months that followed the first acute phase of the emergency. Little did that opening towards theEuropean interoperability which today involves Italy, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Denmark, Croatia and Spain. A missed opportunity.
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