"San Francisco and Alameda are among at least 28 counties, including Los Angeles, where California has paid Verily to boost testing capacity through contracts collectively worth $55 million...

https://www.kqed.org/news/11843885/verilys-covid-19-testing-program-halted-in-sf-oakland-over-equity-and-privacy-concerns

h/t @densaer

"...People signing up for a test through Verily had to do so online, using an... Gmail account; the sign-ups were offered only in English or Spanish; + participants were asked to provide sensitive personal information... which could expose their data to third-party use..."

"...What Verily provides is a digital platform where people are screened for symptoms, schedule testing appointments at participating sites and check back for test results...

Problems emerged almost immediately...“You don’t necessarily want to share that with Google,"..."

"...“From where we sit, this is an old story,” she said. “Corporations that are not really invested in the community come helicoptering in, bearing gifts, but what they’re taking away is much more valuable.”...

"a California partnership with Verily that so far has paid the company $55m... In addition, Verily has partnered with Rite Aid to manage testing at approximately 300 sites in multiple states under a $122.6 million federal contract..."

“In public health, the highest-tech solution is usually not the right one... You can imagine a million and a half reasons why people would distrust it,” Kushel said “The very structure of this is set up to fail. And by failing the communities who need it most, we fail everybody.”