Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/uU8-ThD0GcA   Alerting neighbors to the presence of coronavirus cases nearby can eliminate the need for lockdowns yet reduce case numbers by a factor of 260 and deaths by a factor of nearly 5,000.  Researchers at UC-San Diego studied the South Korean experience with institution of strict public health reporting and data sharing during this current pandemic.   As we in the US enter our reopening phase, we might need to use their playbook.  Korean CoVid cases geo-tracked using credit card and cell phone data.  Neighborhood infections are reported so that residents can ramp up their personal protections efforts.   We will not conquer CoVid without giving up some privacy.   https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3601143   #covid #publichealth #privacy #privacy #southkorea