Track, trace and trust

Research being undertaken by three London universities suggests that public attitudes about contact tracing shows more support for an NHS centralised system than it does for a decentralised system. Writing on behalf of the team, Dr Julia Yesberg, Dr Krisztián Pósch, Prof Jonathan Jackson and Dr Emmeline Taylor outline the findings that show that mass support will depend on limiting privacy intrusion while maximising public health effectiveness, trust in government and maintaining the sense of duty and solidarity that drove compliance in the first phase of lockdown.