Re: Hiring for Contact Tracing
I accidentally clicked on the "Jobs" page for the SCC Health Dept (actually, I thought the phrase "work with us" meant something else), and I saw **one** opening for an epidemiologist. That's more than zero. And it's still unfilled. It's 999 short of the 1,000 contact tracers MA announced (I know an epidemiologist might supervise contract tracers, but still.).
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/s...CAscending
Re: Software for after the Shelter-In-Place
I agree we should use software. I proposed an approach last week here on the Cardboard, it was shot down, which hasn't discouraged me -- I'm still trying to circulate it. My thoughts started during a conversation with a friend of mine who is a privacy compliance attorney who is as we speak reviewing proposals like the one OutsiderFan proposed.
My concerns about privacy are similar to what has been mentioned:
1) After the shelter-in-place, we need to make sure we can turn it off and delete all the data
2) We need to make sure data is anonymized and privacy is protected
3) We shouldn't trust anyone with people's private data, especially not the federal government or private companies that can make a profit by being a broker of data.
4) We shouldn't open "back doors" into privacy that can be abused later. For example, if we let companies and government start tracking people's locations with help from carriers like Verizon without users' knowledge or consent, there's no turning it off. Considering the standing warrant for the arrest of Snowden and the firing of anyone related to whistleblowing or oversight in the Trump administration, good luck on any whistleblower reporting any abuses.
I accidentally clicked on the "Jobs" page for the SCC Health Dept (actually, I thought the phrase "work with us" meant something else), and I saw **one** opening for an epidemiologist. That's more than zero. And it's still unfilled. It's 999 short of the 1,000 contact tracers MA announced (I know an epidemiologist might supervise contract tracers, but still.).
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/s...CAscending
Re: Software for after the Shelter-In-Place
I agree we should use software. I proposed an approach last week here on the Cardboard, it was shot down, which hasn't discouraged me -- I'm still trying to circulate it. My thoughts started during a conversation with a friend of mine who is a privacy compliance attorney who is as we speak reviewing proposals like the one OutsiderFan proposed.
My concerns about privacy are similar to what has been mentioned:
1) After the shelter-in-place, we need to make sure we can turn it off and delete all the data
2) We need to make sure data is anonymized and privacy is protected
3) We shouldn't trust anyone with people's private data, especially not the federal government or private companies that can make a profit by being a broker of data.
4) We shouldn't open "back doors" into privacy that can be abused later. For example, if we let companies and government start tracking people's locations with help from carriers like Verizon without users' knowledge or consent, there's no turning it off. Considering the standing warrant for the arrest of Snowden and the firing of anyone related to whistleblowing or oversight in the Trump administration, good luck on any whistleblower reporting any abuses.