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NEW: Brazil reports record 10,611 new cases of coronavirus and 730 new deaths, raising total to 155,939 cases and 10,627 dead https://t.co/ntzxobnyor

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rumbeando wrote:Opština Br. zaraženih na milion stanovnika

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Levo vidimo čoveka koji poštuje propise i zna da život ne može da stane. Desno čoveka koji kao da smatra gledaoce toliko zatucanim da im neophodnost nošenja maske pokazuje čak i dok je sam pred kamerom, nabijajući osećaj krivice svima koji se ponašaju kao na prvoj slici. pic.twitter.com/8IJgUNK4gu

— Nemanja Rujević (@strani_placenik) May 10, 2020

Ovo desno je taman toliko smisleno kao nošenje kape od folije protiv 5G zračenja i Haarpa. https://t.co/sGwClnqqeg

— Nemanja Rujević (@strani_placenik) May 10, 2020

The Dutch tracing app 'soap opera' - lessons for Europe

By ALICE STOLLMEYER, MARIETJE SCHAAKE AND FRANK DIGNUM
STANFORD/BRUSSELS/UMEÅ, 7. MAY, 08:11

As we all long for freedom from lockdowns and home confinement, people would love to believe 'there is an app for that'.

Many countries are discussing, planning or even implementing so-called contact tracing apps. There are heated debates about privacy and security issues.

But what's missing in most debates is how effective the apps actually are — and there could be some rude awakening.

Let's have a look at what happened in the Netherlands.

The government announced apps would become the core of its new testing policy – it even didn't exclude mandatory downloading.

Noteworthy: this stands in stark contrast to the 'smart lockdown' with strong reliance on personal responsibility that has characterised Dutch policy so far.

However, the Dutch app quest has turned into a soap opera.

Over Easter the government issued an open tender for app developers with only three days to respond.

Of the 750 proposals, 63 were long-listed and seven were finalists who appeared in a hastily-organised and live-streamed "app-athon".

All seven failed to live up to the privacy and security criteria, that became clear only as more questions were asked.

In parallel to the app-athon, a lively public debate about the idea to 'hack the virus' gained steam. Questions from privacy to security, from effectiveness to technology, from behavioural aspects to uptake – it became clear there are alternatives such as targeted testing and regulating specific groups and places that might be more effective.

Besides legitimate concerns about privacy and cyber security, there are all kinds of other questions that need to be answered before we know whether an app, and which app, would have added value.

What problem does an app solve exactly? The devil, as always, is in the details.

For starters, it's difficult to determine the effect of app use in combination with early and extensive testing, the massive wearing of face masks and strict enforcement at physical distance.

Moreover, most of these other measures have not been taken by the Netherlands.

No tracing without testing

The country currently only tests people who have symptoms and went to see a doctor, patients who are in a hospital and healthcare workers who are at higher risk of infection.

And without offline testing, online contact tracing is not effective.

If an app needs to keep track of whether people are infected and whether others have been around them, the first thing we must know is whether someone is infected. How can we know that? By testing.

There is a one-to-one relationship between testing and what you can track with an app.

Meanwhile, research simulating the effects of different policy measures to curb the coronavirus in the Netherlands found that randomly testing people could in some cases be more effective - and would need less tests than the uptake of a contact-tracing app.

The app would need to be paired with more than 100,000 daily tests in order to have effect, which is much more than the current number.

Without testing, all those who may have been in contact with infected persons would have to go back into self-isolation.

Within one or two weeks, the Netherlands would have one-to-two million people confined to their homes again. The research also showed that far more than 60 percent of the population will need to use the app in order for it to be effective.

Before rolling out any app, the EU needs to do a coordinated assessment of usefulness, effectiveness, technological readiness, cyber security risks and threats to fundamental freedoms and human rights.

Most importantly, the Dutch experience teaches us that such assessments should include non-app alternatives. Only when a comprehensive, complete society assessment is made, can the various pieces of the puzzle to end lockdowns come together.

We all would love to go back to work and school, to meet our family and friends, and for life to go back to normal.

But governments placing all hope in an app to re-open the economy – and big tech and big data firms keen to sell them this dream – run the risk of creating false security.

After all, if people believe they only need to be mindful when their phone tells them so, they may lose track of distancing, hygiene, masks and other precautions.

Sadly, there is no magic wand to hack the virus.

https://euobserver.com/opinion/148265

Halászlé wrote:Ja bih voleo da ekipa "život kapital ne sme da stane" bude u pravu. S tim što ih, ako se ispostavi kojim slučajem da nisu u pravu, jednostavno treba pobiti kao pse.

Ako neko ima problem sa ovim što pišem, obezbediću mu lične podatke a obezbediću i još nešto ako mi iko od prijatelja i porodice strada zbog ovakvih govnara.

Fears of a hot zone in the West Wing are mounting after a valet who handles food and beverages and the vice-president’s press secretary tested positive for Covid-19, a New York Times report citing multiple White House officials has revealed.

According to the report, Trump “was spooked that his valet, who is among those who serve him food, had not been wearing a mask” and “annoyed” to learn that Pence spokeswoman Katie Miller tasted positive.

“It is scary to go to work,” Kevin Hassett, a top economic adviser to the president, said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” program on Sunday. Mr. Hassett said he wore a mask at times at the White House, but conceded that “I think that I’d be a lot safer if I was sitting at home than I would be going to the West Wing.”

He added: “It’s a small, crowded place. It’s, you know, it’s a little bit risky. But you have to do it because you have to serve your country.”

The discovery of the two infected employees has prompted the White House to ramp up its procedures to combat the coronavirus, including daily tests for some senior staff, increased usage of masks and more rigorous screening of people entering the complex.

MNE wrote:

Halászlé wrote:Ja bih voleo da ekipa "život kapital ne sme da stane" bude u pravu. S tim što ih, ako se ispostavi kojim slučajem da nisu u pravu, jednostavno treba pobiti kao pse.

Ako neko ima problem sa ovim što pišem, obezbediću mu lične podatke a obezbediću i još nešto ako mi iko od prijatelja i porodice strada zbog ovakvih govnara.

a ako se kojim slučajem ispostavi da smo bili u pravu nadoknadićeš nam štetu?

Dr Predrag Kon za #N1info: Preporučujem svima da se vrate u život, rizik 30 puta manji nego za Uskrs https://t.co/6UnhwO5bWy

— TV N1 Beograd (@N1infoBG) May 10, 2020

12,500 died in the US from the H1N1 over a one year period in 2009-2010.

12,500 died in the US from the Coronavirus last week. https://t.co/TF8Nworc2y

— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) May 10, 2020