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Cato Weekly Podcast • September 16, 2020 

# Privacy and Pandemic Contact Tracing 

Contact tracing was among the many solutions presented to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Many problems with the plans rolled out by states emerged almost immediately. Julian Sanchez and Matthew Feeney discuss their chapter in the new [Pandemics and Policy](https://www.cato.org/pandemics-policy) report.

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##### [Matthew Feeney](/people/matthew-feeney)

Head of Technology and Innovation, Centre for Policy Studies

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, *Cato Daily Podcast*, Cato Institute

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##### [Julian Sanchez](/people/julian-sanchez)

Former Senior Fellow

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