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70% of people surveyed said they'd download a coronavirus app. Only 44% did. Why the gap?

  • Written by Simon J Dennis, Director of Complex Human Data Hub and Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne
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In late March, we posed a hypothetical scenario to a sample of Australians, asking if they would download a contact tracing app released by the federal government; 70% responded in favour.

But a more recent survey, following the release of COVIDSafe, revealed only 44% of respondents had downloaded it.

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