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Re:In 4 US state prisons, 3,300 inmates test positive, 96% w... by nradov on Sunday April 26, 2020 @12:32PM (#22988258)
Now you're talking about a huge legal issue just to get access to the data, followed by a huge record linkage issue to remove duplicates. So with the time pressure involved, your proposal is so completely impractical as to be ridiculous.
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Re:In 4 US state prisons, 3,300 inmates test positive, 96% w... by CydeWeys on Sunday April 26, 2020 @03:10PM (#22989353)
These are all state agencies. They're already sharing data with each other anyway (e.g. the jury selection tool is getting feeds from many of these other sources).

What huge legal issues? This is all the government. Of course it has lists of all of its citizens, and can and does use said lists.

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