Utah reportedly spent nearly $3 million on a contact tracing app that less than 2% of the state's population has downloaded
Utah's coronavirus contact tracing app cost the state $2.75 million, and will cost it another $300,000 per month to maintain, yet only 45,000 of the state's 3.2 million residents — around 1.4% — have downloaded it,The Healthy Together app, developed by a company called Twenty, has already hit its share of hiccups along the way.
"The more Utahns choose to use this application, the more clearly our public health teams will be able to see exactly where, and whom the virus is infecting. In time, this will allow us to address outbreaks with a focused approach instead of widespread stay-at-home directives," Gov. Gary Herbert said when the"This app will give public health workers information they need to understand and contain the pandemic and help Utahns get back to daily life," Herbert said.
Utah State Rep. Suzanne Harrison told BuzzFeed News she was "concerned that perhaps, this will be something that profits the few at taxpayer expense."
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