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| 2003 || September || || Science writer  and sociologist {{w|Zeynep Tufekci}} writes a long piece in ''{{w|The Atlantic}}'' on the lack of attention by many public health authorities to the {{w|index of dispersion}} of the [[w:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2]] virus and its implications for contact tracing.<ref>{{cite web |title=This Overlooked Variable Is the Key to the Pandemic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/k-overlooked-variable-driving-pandemic/616548/ |website=theatlantic.com |access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref>
 
| 2003 || September || || Science writer  and sociologist {{w|Zeynep Tufekci}} writes a long piece in ''{{w|The Atlantic}}'' on the lack of attention by many public health authorities to the {{w|index of dispersion}} of the [[w:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2]] virus and its implications for contact tracing.<ref>{{cite web |title=This Overlooked Variable Is the Key to the Pandemic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/k-overlooked-variable-driving-pandemic/616548/ |website=theatlantic.com |access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref>
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| 2007 || || || "Digital contact tracing has existed as a concept since at least 2007,"<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bahri|first=Shamshul|date=2007-01-01|title=Enhancing quality of data through automated SARS contact tracing method using RFID technology|journal=International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations|volume=4|issue=2|pages=145–162|doi=10.1504/IJNVO.2007.013540|issn=1470-9503}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Altuwaiyan|first1=Thamer|last2=Hadian|first2=Mohammad|last3=Liang|first3=Xiaohui|date=May 2018|title=EPIC: Efficient Privacy-Preserving Contact Tracing for Infection Detection|journal=2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)|location=Kansas City, MO|publisher=IEEE|pages=1–6|doi=10.1109/ICC.2018.8422886|isbn=978-1-5386-3180-5|s2cid=51878832}}</ref>
 
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| 2020 || April 10 || || [[w:Apple Inc.|Apple]] and {{w|Google}}, who account for most of the world's {{w|mobile operating system}}s at the time, announce {{w|COVID-19 apps}} for {{w|iOS}} and [[w:Android (operating system)|Android]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Apple and Google building coronavirus tracking tech for iOS and Android, coming in May |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-and-google-build-coronavirus-tracking-tech-for-ios-and-android-coming-in-may/ |website=cnet.com |access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref>  
 
| 2020 || April 10 || || [[w:Apple Inc.|Apple]] and {{w|Google}}, who account for most of the world's {{w|mobile operating system}}s at the time, announce {{w|COVID-19 apps}} for {{w|iOS}} and [[w:Android (operating system)|Android]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Apple and Google building coronavirus tracking tech for iOS and Android, coming in May |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-and-google-build-coronavirus-tracking-tech-for-ios-and-android-coming-in-may/ |website=cnet.com |access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref>  

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2003 September Science writer and sociologist Zeynep Tufekci writes a long piece in The Atlantic on the lack of attention by many public health authorities to the index of dispersion of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its implications for contact tracing.[1]
2007 "Digital contact tracing has existed as a concept since at least 2007,"[2][3]
2020 April 10 Apple and Google, who account for most of the world's mobile operating systems at the time, announce COVID-19 apps for iOS and Android.[4]
2020 October German virologist Christian Drosten calls on all citizens of Germany to maintain a diary of their close contacts, in order to facilitate backward tracing and thus help contact tracing teams to find disease clusters.[5]

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  1. "This Overlooked Variable Is the Key to the Pandemic". theatlantic.com. Retrieved 3 December 2020. 
  2. Bahri, Shamshul (2007-01-01). "Enhancing quality of data through automated SARS contact tracing method using RFID technology". International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations. 4 (2): 145–162. ISSN 1470-9503. doi:10.1504/IJNVO.2007.013540. 
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  4. "Apple and Google building coronavirus tracking tech for iOS and Android, coming in May". cnet.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020. 
  5. Scharpenberg, Jan (2020-10-13). "Drosten fordert Corona-Tagebuch zur besseren Kontaktnachverfolgung". www.waz.de. Retrieved 4 December 2020.