New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Is it time to start an apolitical, decentralized version of WHO?
Ask HN: Is it time to start an apolitical, decentralized version of WHO?
4 by PierredeFermat | 6 comments on Hacker News.
There has been a lot of red flags on the WHO recently, from misreporting data [1, 2] to confusing guidance on masks [3] to the controversial case of Taiwan [4, 5]. Does anyone here feel that such bureaucracies wouldn't/shouldn't survive long? And that they could be easily replaced by an efficiently-operated, software-powered non-profit (something similar to Our World in Data)? One starting point that I could get couple universities and hospitals behind is a simple portal for any medical staff around the world to report severe flu or whatnot cases (with anonymized record/evidence) that they suspect to be a stem for a new disease outbreak. Would anyone here be interested in helping to build such initiative? Or any thoughts? Suggestions? Counter-arguments? -- [1] https://ift.tt/3bI6soN [2] https://ift.tt/2HmfmLk [3] https://ift.tt/2JdB8lf [4] https://ift.tt/2UNIm4X [5] https://ift.tt/2HmfmLk
4 by PierredeFermat | 6 comments on Hacker News.
There has been a lot of red flags on the WHO recently, from misreporting data [1, 2] to confusing guidance on masks [3] to the controversial case of Taiwan [4, 5]. Does anyone here feel that such bureaucracies wouldn't/shouldn't survive long? And that they could be easily replaced by an efficiently-operated, software-powered non-profit (something similar to Our World in Data)? One starting point that I could get couple universities and hospitals behind is a simple portal for any medical staff around the world to report severe flu or whatnot cases (with anonymized record/evidence) that they suspect to be a stem for a new disease outbreak. Would anyone here be interested in helping to build such initiative? Or any thoughts? Suggestions? Counter-arguments? -- [1] https://ift.tt/3bI6soN [2] https://ift.tt/2HmfmLk [3] https://ift.tt/2JdB8lf [4] https://ift.tt/2UNIm4X [5] https://ift.tt/2HmfmLk
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