What's behind the resistance to digital contact tracing apps and vaccination?

Q Why do some people baulk at adopting digital contact tracing apps and vaccination? Can anything be done about it?

A Modern information technology has offered a seemingly ingenious solution to isolating individuals potentially infected with Covid-19: Since nearly everyone carries a smartphone, have people install an app that identifies, via Bluetooth, the phones of other individuals who they were in close proximity to.

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