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Modelling carried out for NHSX ("Effective Configurations of a Digital
Contact Tracing App: A report to NHSX") suggests that an important
factor in the effectiveness of any contact tracing approach is the
ability to provide fast alerts of self-reported symptoms combined with
the ability to subsequently revoke the alert if a test proves
negative.

This is already supported by the CX protocol, since an alertLevel will
supersede any earlier reported alertLevel and there is already a
defined alertLevel of no-alert(0).  Emphasise this ability within the
cover page bullet points (replacing the point about immediate
deployability, since there is no more space on the cover page).

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <[email protected]>
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Expand Up @@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ The architecture provides the following features:
ability for users to distinguish between self-reported symptoms and
medical test results.

- **Revocable diagnoses**: a negative medical test result can
supersede initial self-reported symptoms, allowing alerted users to
minimise unnecessary time spent in isolation.

- **Distributed contact identification**: users can identify only
their own hazardous contacts, and no central authority has access to
the information required to identify contacts.

- **Immediate deployability**: the protocol may be implemented as an
app on existing Android and iOS devices, with no requirement for
changes to the core operating system.

- **Interoperability**: the protocol may be implemented by any device
and as part of any app, with all apps and all devices able to
benefit equally from the same distributed data set.
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\begin_layout Itemize

\series bold
Distributed contact identification
Revocable diagnoses
\series default
: users can identify only their own hazardous contacts, and no central authority
has access to the information required to identify contacts.
: a negative medical test result can supersede initial self-reported symptoms,
allowing alerted users to minimise unnecessary time spent in isolation.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Itemize

\series bold
Immediate deployability
Distributed contact identification
\series default
: the protocol may be implemented as an app on existing Android and iOS
devices, with no requirement for changes to the core operating system.
: users can identify only their own hazardous contacts, and no central authority
has access to the information required to identify contacts.
\end_layout

\begin_layout Itemize
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