Cell Phone Location Data in COVID-19: Big Brother’s Secret Weapon

A new study shows cell phone location data improved prediction of new coronavirus cases. Is it worth it?

F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE
The Startup
Published in
3 min readSep 3, 2020

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In your pocket right now, or on your desk, or maybe your bedside table, is a sophisticated GPS-connected tracking device that has, more likely than not, been logging your movements…

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F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE
The Startup

Medicine, science, statistics. Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Yale. New book “How Medicine Works and When it Doesn’t” available now.