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Jimenez - Narrative Report1 PDF
Jimenez - Narrative Report1 PDF
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for the
needed next phase of the co vid 19
pandemic once the economy reopens and
patient surges slow , according to STAT .
The initiative ,
as they say ,
will help further reduce the
spread of Ovid 19 by identifying individuals who need to remain in
isolation .
Hospitals .
universities .
public health departments and even tech
giants Apple and Google have
began to
They released
applications ,
now
being widely using in some
parts of Luzon
,
the track
people who have come in contact
,
.
within average of 2 hrs of a confirmed case is key to helping flatten the of cases
according
exposures an ,
curve ,
"
Probably
"
,
the major pro
of
developing these
types of
applications clearly is to track cases faster and more
efficiently .
Since we are in a society that is
largely technology
-
based and modernized ,
this
might be the
key .
But
leaving 7040 of the population from the purview of the app Moreover the Bluetooth settings of
registered as users ; Gps and a
.
"
of who have smartphones who download the who have the turned
people ,
app ,
and
app
on .
Secondly ,
I believe that while the
purpose of these
apps
is to
prevent further
spread of the disease ,
tech
companies still have a lot of
work to do to
persuade
the
public that
they are serious about
privacy and
security .
A
public
'
health crisis cannot be a
pretense
'
to
pave our
privacy laws or
legitimize tech companies intrusive data collection about
Filipinos personal lives .
" "
Lastly ,
and probably the major con that I can see about these
apps is its FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY that
" "
it's to its To be effective apps need to be nearly ubiquitous because their value to users depend on
giving users . ,
,
tracing and accuracy predicting the risk of . What if you briefly come in contact
infected data ?
with an
person
? How accurately does the Bluetooth pick up When the
app shows that an infected
person is ,
say
, a .
Doc Ko To ! !
"
The
"
movement ,
and the effects on Filipinos health seeking behaviors are tangible .
to the
their trips doctor only for emergent and urgent concerns , at least from the
patient 's perspectives .
And for good reason .
Hospitals ,
more so
,
have been
focusing to covid cases , our frontliners have been
HIV , diabetes ,
dancer ,
and other chronic illnesses also does exist .
Our
problems like limited numbers of hospital facilities
also
reality that not all have access to internet and technology is also
something we must think about .
And to develop
to how reach them and reach ALL out
ways as we can .