The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which leads to Covid-19, was first confirmed in the United States on January 20. Epidemiologists now believe it is "highly plausible" the virus was actually in several cities in December. By the time we knew what had hit us, the horse had already left the barn.
Here in Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Wolf first declared an emergency on March 6 and has since extended it twice. He was quick to shut down Pennsylvania's economy. He threw two million people out of work, but was slow to pay unemployment claims. Unemployed and gig workers waited months. Some are still waiting and are unable to visit state offices because, amazingly, they are still closed tyo the public they should be serving.
A few days ago, Wolf announced a smartphone application called CovidAlertPA. It will alert you if you've been exposed to the virus by anyone who has also downloaded the application. I've had a similar app called NOVID downloaded on my phone since May.
Nice to see Wolf and his DOH finally catching up with technology strategically designed to limit spread. It only took him eight months and 8,100 deaths. Instead of shutting everyone down with his sledgehammer approach. the scalpel approach of this application is what should have been used from the onset.
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Monday, September 28, 2020
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too bad, that not everyone has a smartphone or knows how to use an app, especially the most vulnerable age group.
ReplyDeleteApps, like masks, are not as effective when not everyone use them.
ReplyDeleteThis App is for eunuchs, steers and freemartins, not bulls and the virile.
ReplyDeleteDepending on your phone they then be able to tell where you have been since the virus contact. Not a good idea
ReplyDeleteU think by now the folks would stop drinking Wolf's Kool-Aid.
ReplyDeleteThe technology n the operating system has only been available for about six weeks after collaboration between Apple and Google. Unlike the brute force of the Chinese or Singaporeans, this allows privacy as well as warnings and notifications. It isn’t the Governor’s fault.
ReplyDeleteWhile we all suffer wolf's diaper upon our face her in pa.
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