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The push for any contact tracing apps will come from commercial businesses as a requirement to enter. Labeling it "Joe's Covid App" with an implication it's from the de jure government is a surefire way to make sure any criticisms you have become sidelined.

Overall the whole situation is a predictable result of what happens to liberty in the face of force majeure. The current conditions have been directly caused by all the institutional dereliction of duty and personal irresponsibility from February to October. Along with freedom comes responsibility, and when you don't heed that responsibility your freedom disappears.



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