Contact tracing applications have found their way into the deconfinement plans of most governments. France is no exception to the rule. But the development of this tool, presented as one of the building blocks of the deconfinement plan, has experienced many vicissitudes and confusion. Announced on April 8 by Olivier Véran, the Minister of Health, and Cédric O, the Secretary of State for Digital, it will not be ready on May 11, but should be by June 2, has just assured latest. Why such a delay when other countries, like Singapore, South Korea or even Israel, already have their solutions? The reasons are simultaneously technological, ideological and political.
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In macronie, the subject divides from the start. Many supporters of the Head of State, bottle-fed to the "start-up nation", campaigned very early for the launch of this application, in the name of the health emergency. An enthusiasm far from being shared by all their comrades. Bangs
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