The rollout of a host of COVID-19 tracing apps has been described as a global digital experiment. This development has been followed by a proliferation of scholarship, analyzing and assessing… Click to show full abstract
The rollout of a host of COVID-19 tracing apps has been described as a global digital experiment. This development has been followed by a proliferation of scholarship, analyzing and assessing the performance of these apps in fighting the pandemic [1], [2]. This includes discussions of their legal [3], [4], ethical [5]–[7], and technical properties [8], as well as more detailed investigations of the surveillance implications and the effectiveness of national initiatives [9], [10]. In this commentary, I am interested in what this experiment tells us about the digital transformation of health governance—and perhaps, also of governance, in general—at the national level.
