How is "solidarity" understood in discussions about contact tracing apps? An overview.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is much discussion about contact tracing apps, their use to contain the spread of the virus as well as the ethical, legal, and social aspects of their development, implementation, acceptance, and use. In these discussions, authors frequently mention "solidarity" when making key points in arguments. At the same time, authors rarely specify how they understand "solidarity". This lack of specification about how they understand "solidarity" can lead to misunderstandings in discussions.

Objective

To prevent such misunderstandings, it is important to specify how one understands "solidarity" when mentioning it in the discussions on contact tracing apps. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to elaborate how "solidarity" is und

SUBMITTER: Tretter M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9355132 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature