Helmi Zakariah, MD MPH Profile picture
#DataDoctor medical dr & policymaker turned AI techpreneur Member of WHO/ITU working group for AI in Health. Datawork for @stfc_selangor & @selangkah_cvd19
Feb 28, 2021 5 tweets 3 min read
WHY WE DO COMMUNITY SCREENING?

When Contact Tracing (Option 2) fails us (and I wont get to the reason why, as we all know why...) - we can do Option 1 (mass testing) .

But Option 1 is expensive 😓 - as its require more test kit and manpower..

[This is a thread]... Image So what can we do?

We employ Option 3 - Targeted Community Screening.

We find the most probable area to screen to get the highest probability to catch those undiagnosed positives.. Image
Nov 19, 2020 12 tweets 5 min read
The written response to parliamentary questions of MySejahtera tracing rate of 4% in the parliament made a headline. I am fearful of erosion of public trust.

I want to share some of my analysis to recover the image of e-tracing solution.

tinyurl.com/yy4423uc Let me be clear that this is not a condemnation or trying to "outdo" others. Not Selangkah VS MySJ.

Au contraire, I hope this thread returns the public confidence to e-tracing.

It matters less which one choose to scan, but the bigger risk if people forgo scanning altogether.
Oct 27, 2020 16 tweets 5 min read
CMCO - of CLUSTERS, MITIGATION, CONTAINMENT and OBSERVATION

There's a loss of context when we treat cases numbers like a scoreboard. For numbers to be comparable, it must be standardized by rate, say per 10k population. Even this doesn't paint the whole picture.

- a thread ... CLUSTERS - popular and have fancy name, carry different community transmission risk based on context. One that happens in a detention centre (is unfortunate still) carry less risk than one that happens within a community.

In Klang Valley we have 44 active clusters at d moment.
Oct 26, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
I still filled with pride reading the last para of this historical statement. So refined in its delivery, and elegant in its subtle contents.

Theres a piece for everyone, no matter who you are and how u read it. I'm no linguists but this is my takeaway : Budaya pemerintahan : membawa maksud keseluruhan tatacara gerakkerja politik dan pentadbiran sivil...

Keluhuran perlembagaan : perlembagaan above everything else, contrary to the attempt to suspend it thru Emergency