302: Tracing Corona

Apple and Google are working together to build in OS-level opt-in COVID-19 contact tracing. We explain how this technology will work, the project it's based on, and our concerns with its use. Plus the latest news, the mechanics of how Trump and the Media rile each other up, and our new outlook on the election. Links: Exclusive: JPMorgan Chase to raise mortgage borrowing standards as economic outlook darkens (https://finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/exclusive-jpmorgan-chase-raise-mortgage-221128934.html) Minneapolis Fed president says Fed is being "as aggressive as possible" in coronavirus response - CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-neel-kashkari-federal-reserve-response-face-the-nation/) "Boomer Crisis" – Crash Permanently Delays Retirement Plans | Zero Hedge (https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/boomer-crisis-crash-permanently-delays-retirement-plans) This Is The 'Supercut' Video President Trump Just Played In The White House Press Briefing | Zero Hedge (https://www.zerohedge.com/political/supercut-video-president-trump-just-played-white-house-press-briefing) Beijing tightens grip over coronavirus research amid US-China row on virus origin - CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/12/asia/china-coronavirus-research-restrictions-intl-hnk/index.html) Largest US Study Of COVID-19 Admissions Reveals Single Biggest Factor In Hospitalization | Zero Hedge (https://www.zerohedge.com/health/largest-us-study-covid-19-reveals-single-biggst-factor-hospitalizations) Seattle researcher debunks theory COVID-19 spread in Calif. in November | KOMO (https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/seattle-researcher-debunks-theory-covid-19-spread-in-calif-in-november) Kashkari Says U.S. May Face 18 Months of Rolling Shutdowns (https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/feds-kashkari-says-us-may-face-18-months-of-rolling-shutdowns/ar-BB12wqGD) U.S. government gave $3.7million grant to Wuhan lab that experimented on coronavirus source bats | Daily Mail Online (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8211291/U-S-government-gave-3-7million-grant-Wuhan-lab-experimented-coronavirus-source-bats.html) Here’s How Apple and Google Plan to Track the Coronavirus Through Your Phone - WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/heres-how-apple-and-google-plan-to-track-the-coronavirus-through-your-phone-11586618075) Top doc Fauci admits lives could have been saved if US had shut down in February – but recommendation ‘not taken’ – The US Sun (https://www.the-sun.com/news/672794/fauci-lives-saved-us-shut-down-earlier/) What Will the GDP Be for Second Quarter of 2020? JPMorgan Prediction (https://www.mediaite.com/news/jpmorgan-predicts-gdp-will-completely-crater-forecasts-a-staggering-40-percent-second-quarter-drop/) Schiff, Feinstein, Harris formally propose 9/11-style commission to probe coronavirus response | Fox News (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schiff-sens-feinstein-harris-announce-9-11-style-commission-to-probe-coronavirus) Schiff unveils bill to launch 9/11-style probe of Trump's coronavirus response - New York Daily News (https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-schiff-probe-wrong-trump-20200410-p4vsuoybybf2zfmvabjesqsuo4-story.html) Five Takeaways on What Trump Knew as the Virus Spread – DNyuz (https://dnyuz.com/2020/04/11/five-takeaways-on-what-trump-knew-as-the-virus-spread/) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=defdwc2g2_8&feature=share) Google and Apple launching coronavirus contact-tracing system for iOS and Android - The Verge (https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/4/10/21216484/google-apple-coronavirus-contract-tracing-bluetooth-location-tracking-data-app?__twitter_impression=true) Snowden Warns Governments Are Using Coronavirus to Build ‘the Architecture of Oppression’ - VICE (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bvge5q/snowden-warns-governments-are-using-coronavirus-to-build-the-architecture-of-oppression)