Republican convention attendees will be required to wear masks, contact tracing badges
By Zack Budryk - 08/11/20 02:06 PM EDT
Attendees at the Republican National Convention will be required to wear masks and badges that allow them to be tracked through Bluetooth technology, NPR reported Tuesday.
The badges will allow for full contact tracing if anyone is later diagnosed with the coronavirus, Jeffrey Runge, a health consultant for the convention, told the outlet.
"It knows when other badges are close to it. And how long they are close to it. And the identity of who is wearing it is in a database," Runge said. "No one will ever crack that code, unless somebody gets sick."
President Trump had earlier envisioned a convention that filled the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C., that did not include physical distancing or masks. When Gov. Roy Cooper (D) resisted the idea, Trump announced the convention would be moved to Jacksonville, Fla. However, as Florida became a hot spot for the virus, the president reversed course and announced a scaled-back convention would be held in Charlotte.
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