Health Populi August 28, 2020
In the COVID-19 era, most U.S. consumers believe they have an obligation to share personal health information to stop the spread of the coronavirus. However, only 44% would be willing to share their personal data with a national database, a MITRE study learned.
Only one-third of Americans would be willing to share their temperature, 29% their location, and one-fourth information about their chronic conditions.
The Harris Poll conducted the study among 2,065 U.S. adults 18 and over in mid-June 2020 to gauge peoples’ perspectives on health data and privacy.
Three-quarters of people in the U.S. believe that data privacy “is a thing of the past,” MITRE’s summary coined, with older people (Boomers and Seniors) most likely to feel that way.
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