Thread by @drmusanordin

InfectiousDisease 101
In reality-No cases of ID are unlinked!
By it’s very virtue, ID means it’s linked from 1 case to another.
Sporadic or Unlinked is a temporary designation until investigation ie Contact Tracing (CT) uncovers the link-often part of a cluster or outbreak.

1st QR-based visitor logs tool for CT was @Selangkah_my Launched 5/5/2021
@my_sejahtera Check-In was launched 2/6/2021
What sets them apart?
1. The level of Analytic Sophistication
2. The ease of use for Health Care Workers (HCW)

CT automation means sifting through records of visitor logs & DO NOT require MANUAL corroboration.
By using patient’s phone number, @Selangkah_my algorithm sift thru millions of records, to create a list of “probable close contact”, ranked by its importance.

This ranking is important
So it won’t burden Health Inspectors (HI) to test persons who are unlikely to be infected.
@Selangkah_my built a proprietary dwell-time algorithm to create a “prioritization” (purple dots)
This automation saved trillions of man-hours & allows digital CT

Thorough & timely CT is  KEY to keeping case numbers LOW!
When @Selangkah_my was actively used in Selangor (May-Aug 2020) they managed to keep the positive cases (red line) low. 
Whenever cases emerge, S’gor quickly did Find, Test, Trace, Isolate & Support (FTTIS)

Success of @Selangkah_my CT was cut short by MOH & NSC: 
18/8/2020: MySJ was made mandatory. Biz were FINED if no MySJ displayed. @Selangkah_my was killed!
2/9/2020: Patient location data previously shared with the State Govt was STOPPED!

Stoppage of visitor logs & patient location data meant Selangor lost its CT ecosystem
From Sept 2020, the de facto CT ecosystem in Selangor was @my_sejahtera which only tracked 4% of COVID cases! codeblue.galencentre.org/2020/11/18/mys…

CASES ARE INCREASING IN SELANGOR NOW BECAUSE OF CT FAILURE.
@my_sejahtera Contact Tracing has failed miserably.
See graph showing spiking cases (red line) in Selangor  from mid-October 2020-3rd Wave!
MOH & MKN is now paying dearly for disabling the @Selangkah_my CT ecosystem.

The callous judgement call on that fateful day,  will forever remain a black dot in the history of COVID-19 data science in Malaysia!
MOH & NSC contributed to the malignant trajectory of the 3rd, 4th … waves of COVID cases, ICU cases, ventilated cases & deaths (Courtesy DrAS)

Pride & Arrogance has got the better of our health and political governance.
Only by taming our Ego, can we triumph COVID & exit the pandemic, together and safely as a nation.
Time to be transparent & share data & allow @mohdhelmi to activate the @Selangkah_my CT ecosystem.

Collaborative and Integrated Real Time Digital Solutions are a pivotal component of the GREAT RESET to:
1. Stay Ahead of the Pandemic Curve and
2. Grow the WellBeing of our nation
codeblue.galencentre.org/2021/02/19/sel…

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