Apple and Google made public the work they are jointly doing on developing a global contact tracing capability. It’s addressed some privacy concerns, but…
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From the Blog on Covid-19
Single Parents, Hugs, and Slums
So is the virus affecting us all? Absolutely. Is it affecting us all the same? Not even close.
The Contact Tracing Fallacy
Contact tracing is useful in tracking the spread of the virus in theory. But it tends to only be useful if everyone does it, which never happens. Why do it?
We are not at war
When we use the language of war it frames discussions into black and white. In crises, we need a rainbow of perspective, not just black and white.
Wet Beds & Blissfully Unaware
It’s time to remember our lives & societies are more than a pandemic. Our choices must reflect that, it is not the time to be blissfully unaware
Plan for both
Some days you’ll feel you are managing well, organised, and content. Other days you’ll feel like you are a failure. Plan for both.
Information Provision, Consent, and Respect
Information provision, even in a time of a pandemic, doesn’t have to be shouting and domineering. We have a choice in our approach; we can be respectful.
The way we did things before…
Our model of training and cascading knowledge to others doesn’t appear to have adjusted to the new reality when it requires face to face engagement
‘Opt In’ to Aggregation
We should be moving to a place where patients, organisations, etc. can opt in to having their data (anonymised or not) added to the aggregated pool.