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Singapore over-relied on digital tracing
Singapore's resurgence likely stemmed from putting too much confidence in a Bluetooth digital tracing system that got very low take-up, pulling back on manual tracing prematurely, and—because manual tracing covers public spaces poorly while the digital tools failed to cover them—allowing redensification of public spaces too quickly.
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Glen WeylEvidence Quote
“manual tracing efforts do a poor job of covering public spaces, and I think that the Singaporeans believed that these Bluetooth-based tracing technologies would cover those public spaces well, and they failed to do so. And they therefore allowed redensification of their public spaces too quickly”
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:24:00 AM
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