Does the COVID Alert App Really Help?

The Global News article titled “The COVID Alert App isn’t working as well as it should be, and Canadians are part of the problem”, by Jasmine Pazzano and Brian Hill, explains how the Covid-19 app has certain issues that prevent the app from working at its maximum potential. Not only a small portion of the population has downloaded it, but more than 95% of those who have it and got tested positive have had trouble reporting it (Hill and Pazzano, par. 1-2). People do not necessarily want everyone to know they have contracted the virus, and some forget to report it. Although users are supposed…