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| There was more hope for smartphone apps when Apple and Google jointly developed Exposure Notification technology. Indeed, smartphones have the potential to be powerful tools in tracking the spread of COVID-19. They can tell you exactly how close you've been to other people, for how long, and they keep a detailed log of everyone you've been around for the last 14 days. Linked to testing systems, they can rapidly alert you if someone you've been in contact with tests positive. This technology, which allows a user's smartphone to exchange a random ID with other phones running the app in close proximity, provided the basis for numerous apps around the world, including the UK's NHS COVID-19 app. That app prompts users to enter the first half of their postal code, which then allows the NHS to identify and track localized COVID-19 outbreaks and issue warnings and advice to people in the area. Encounters are recorded by the app so that if someone later reports being COVID-19 positive, other people they have come into close contact with are alerted. Those people are then advised to self-isolate for 14 days. The app even features a countdown clock that shows users how long they must remain at home and helps them schedule a free COVID-19 test. It also includes a QR code scanner owners can use to check into venues. And the app will subsequently alert them if someone with COVID symptoms has recently visited the same venue. According to the UK government, more than 160,000 businesses are now displaying NHS test and trace codes at their venues. And if privacy is a concern, deleting the app will remove all the information held on their phone, including places they've checked into. Germany, Ireland, and Singapore have all launched similar apps and with success. But, again, the United States lags. | Trump’s Trade War Kickbacks The President just invoked a forgotten 69-year-old law. And for the first time in nearly a decade... You have FIVE chances to get filthy rich. Check everything out right here. | There has been no effort to build a nationwide app, so such systems are available in just 11 states — and even in those states, they're only being used by a small portion of the population. Virginia, for example, is by far the national leader. But in a state with 8.5 million people, just 500,000 actually use the app. There are other obstacles, as well. Since each state has been forced to build its own app, they don't work across state lines. They can't track potential carriers coming and going or just passing through. But there have been greater privacy concerns about the GPS-based apps and far fewer downloads. The Google/Apple system is only available to government health departments. Each state must choose to opt in and then build or buy its own app. The apps also require relatively new smartphones, which often disqualifies older residents and the working poor who are most at risk of the disease. They're also bereft of information. The alerts don't tell the user exactly when, where, or to whom they were exposed. They don't even disclose exactly when a person tested positive. It may have been 13 days ago, and you may have been wearing a mask at the time. These apps could provide more details on the exact time, location, and duration of the exposure, but they don't. This isn't to dismiss them, of course. We need to throw everything we've got at this disease. But we clearly need more. And that's why I've locked on to a technology that goes even further. It's called "Invisible Detection," and it uses advanced AI, thermal imaging, temperature screening, and facial recognition technology to identify potentially sick people. And it's far more capable of reaching those who may have come in contact with them. The technology can count the number of individuals entering and exiting a store, ensuring businesses comply with new laws governing capacity. And it can even measure the distance between individuals to monitor social distancing protocols. That's why it's already being implemented across the country. Businesses like Amazon and Walmart are using it to scan their employees upon arrival. The facial recognition aspect ensures that every person coming and going is cleared to be there. And the infrared and surface temperature components flag anyone with a fever. It's also being installed at airports to not only slow the spread of COVID, but to identify terrorists and potential security threats, and reduce contact between individuals and surfaces. This is the kind of technology we need to survive this pandemic and turn things around. And the stock behind it is dirt cheap. So find out more about it here. Fight on, 
Jason Simpkins  @OCSimpkins on Twitter
Jason Simpkins is Assistant Managing Editor of the Outsider Club and Investment Director of The Wealth Warrior, a financial advisory focused on security companies and defense contractors. For more on Jason, check out his editor's page. *Follow Outsider Club on Facebook and Twitter. | 
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