Privacy: Contact tracing may be slippery slope

I am fearful that our constitutional right to personal privacy is in danger of being trampled by the aggressive coronavirus contact tracing that the CDC wants governments to enforce.

I have read of instances where churches are being asked to submit names, addresses and phone numbers of their membership in order to “facilitate contact tracing.”

I recently read that states are hiring people who will gather personal information on everyone in their state to “facilitate contact tracing.” I have also heard about an app that could be placed on private cell phones.

These are all frightening intrusions into our personal privacy. Contact tracing is a very slippery slope into total control by the government and/or the public health department.

Write to your representative in the US Congress and our State Legislature and ask them to protect your rights as a citizen.

This story was originally published May 19, 2020 at 8:31 AM with the headline "Privacy: Contact tracing may be slippery slope."