Can location data capture how well the Covid-19 response is working? A joint effort aims to find out
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, tech giants have chipped in on a panoply of efforts to shore up data that can help track, trace, and curb the spread of the virus, from Apple and Google’s collaboration on contact tracing technology to Amazon’s funding for several pandemic-related research projects.
But an independent group of researchers thinks it has a better way to lend a hand.
