RE:DM's SMART in support of Canada's pandemic surveillance systI think you nailed it Resilience
check the link I provide at the bottom after some highlights I pulled and personal reflections
Although I may not 100% agree with some of their findings, it is one powerful read.
Warning: it is extensive so about a 20 minute read, but well worth it for the DM Bulls & res search junkies :-)
Lol trying to temper my excitement but I totally cannot see how DM would not be highly considered by Agencies such as their clients at NATO and all U.S. Agencies to have DM lead the Social Media Oversight Division as they build the new Global Pandemic Surveillance System.
Three and a half million are said to have perished from Covid19 and The financial toll of the pandemic has been estimated at some $20 trillion.
There will be little appetite for more global lockdowns
Thus the establishment of New International Disease Surveillance Systems and upgrades to existing bodies like CDC & WHO & 4th Industrial Revolution collide
Digital disease management for faster reaction times will be effected by scouring social media and online news stories for clues of new outbreaks.
This is where Nexalogy can play a leading role.
I spoke about the ability of DM’s Algo’s to play a major role in Disaster management many times here before.
As highlighted by another poster here yesterday, Future Pandemic Planning & Risk Management is definitely a Here & Now Opportunity for DM to play a Central Role like they are for Militaries.
Adding newer forms of disease detection to conventional reporting systems would give public health officials the kind of situational awareness that battlefield commanders and CEOs have long been accustomed to. That, in turn, would allow them to act much more quickly to contain outbreaks. So would faster and cheaper viral sequencing, which would enable scientists to rapidly identify infections and variants. They could use that information to update diagnostic tests to ensure accurate surveillance
Its headline recommendation was to elevate pandemic preparedness and response to the highest levels of the UN through the creation of a “global health threats council.” This council would be separate from the WHO, led by heads of state, and charged with holding countries accountable for containing epidemics. In order to rebuild public trust in global health institutions, it would have to be immune from political interference. The report envisioned the council as supporting and overseeing a WHO that had more resources, autonomy, and authority. One vital contribution it could make would be to identify those diagnostic tests, drugs, and vaccines for COVID-19 that merit investment most and allocate resources accordingly, so that they can be rapidly developed and efficiently distributed. Although many details remain to be worked out, the recommendation of such a council represents a brave attempt in the middle of a pandemic to reform how pandemics are managed—akin to rebuilding a plane while flying it.
The most urgent need for global public health is speed. With a viral epidemic, timing is nearly everything. The faster an outbreak is discovered, the better chance it can be stopped. In the case of COVID-19, early and rapid detection would let decision-makers around the world know where to surge appropriate vaccines, what variants are circulating, and how to triage resources based on risk. Fortunately, when the next novel pathogen emerges—and it is a question of when, not if—scientific advances will allow global public health institutions to move faster than ever before. Scientists at the CDC and at the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, or GOARN, have made huge strides in compiling a range of data streams to quickly learn of new outbreaks. Twenty years ago, it took six months to detect a new virus with pandemic potential; today, it can be done in a matter of weeks.
With Nexalogy S.M.A.R.T.
Social Media Automated Reporting Technology
Detection of a New Virus could be taken from WEEKS to as little as 15 MINUTES!!
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-06-08/coronavirus-strategy-forever-virus?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=www-foreignaffairs-com.cdn.ampproject.org&utm_campaign=amp_kickers&_gl=1*18h4sv5*_ga*N0kzVVpKREN6MVU0TU1NTzRrRDlsNnQwU3BGeVVEa2pFeXVEU2xyNkZndUpia1Q5Z2NnZGdZRWRQMVNvNHZqRg..
Some here pondering DM could leap by dimes rather then pennies , lol, could be just scratching the "Forest Through The Trees" but good on them to see things for what they could be and not what they are.
Wayne Gretzky would also applaud this thinking.
Cheers all
Enjoy the weekend
I'm off for a bike ride in this sweltering heat now :-)