04-10-2020, 12:43 PM
There's also another downside, which is the potential for mis-reporting; people saying they are positive when they are not, just to F with everyone.
We need global positive test serial numbers that allow only confirmed infections to be entered into this new app API and associated database. Here's an idea:
- Each positive test is assigned a serial number (pre-created alpha numeric to account for country/state, like USACA1234ABCD)
- Whenever there is a positive test, lab tech/doctor/nurse enters an unused code into global database to confirm a positive test
- Doing this allows an app user to enter that code one time on a phone app that uses the Apple/Google API
- This code is then given to the person confirmed infected so they can enter that code on the app they are told to download
This will ensure only authenticated positive tests are entered and will give a worldwide standardization of test data, in real time, without having to wait for all these countries to collect data then report it periodically.
There would then be a global network tracking all infections in real time, so everyone can be alerted when they have been near someone who tested positive. This could also allow all the restaurants, bars, sports and entertainment venues to allow people in who can show they have the app indicating they haven't been around anyone infected for x amount of days.
Maybe there can be a complimentary tracking for the serology test that would work similarly. I'm certain someone is working on an at home test that will upload data via mobile phone in a very similar way, like the Kinsa thermometers. They can all use the same system.
It starts with testing capacity (and smartphones with Bluetooth), but the contact tracing could all be done by software and databases, without need for manual human labor whatsoever. I'd even offer a tax credit that uses the serial numbers for tests as receipts, to reward people for using an app that tracks positive cases and sharing their positive test results.
OK, board, now rip holes in my suggestion :)
We need global positive test serial numbers that allow only confirmed infections to be entered into this new app API and associated database. Here's an idea:
- Each positive test is assigned a serial number (pre-created alpha numeric to account for country/state, like USACA1234ABCD)
- Whenever there is a positive test, lab tech/doctor/nurse enters an unused code into global database to confirm a positive test
- Doing this allows an app user to enter that code one time on a phone app that uses the Apple/Google API
- This code is then given to the person confirmed infected so they can enter that code on the app they are told to download
This will ensure only authenticated positive tests are entered and will give a worldwide standardization of test data, in real time, without having to wait for all these countries to collect data then report it periodically.
There would then be a global network tracking all infections in real time, so everyone can be alerted when they have been near someone who tested positive. This could also allow all the restaurants, bars, sports and entertainment venues to allow people in who can show they have the app indicating they haven't been around anyone infected for x amount of days.
Maybe there can be a complimentary tracking for the serology test that would work similarly. I'm certain someone is working on an at home test that will upload data via mobile phone in a very similar way, like the Kinsa thermometers. They can all use the same system.
It starts with testing capacity (and smartphones with Bluetooth), but the contact tracing could all be done by software and databases, without need for manual human labor whatsoever. I'd even offer a tax credit that uses the serial numbers for tests as receipts, to reward people for using an app that tracks positive cases and sharing their positive test results.
OK, board, now rip holes in my suggestion :)