Context :
BBC
Has Staff Wear Electronic Buzzers to Curb Virus Spread /
Bloomberg / O8 Jan
Extract :
British
Broadcasting Corp. staff will wear electronic devices to enforce social distancing in a sign of how
workplaces are scurrying to contain a new, more-infectious variant of the
coronavirus.
In
memos sent Thursday and seen by Bloomberg, the BBC said measures to keep people
safe will include wearable
alarms. A BBC
spokesman confirmed the memos.
“Social distancing proximity devices will be
rolled out in key BBC locations to help maintain safe social distancing,”
according to one of the memos.
“Anyone
coming into those offices will be asked to wear the devices, which will alert wearers when they’re less than two metres
apart from someone else.”
The gadget, which resembles a pager, will buzz if the wearer
gets too close to someone else and doesn’t record any personal data, according to the memos.
The measures will be introduced in the coming weeks, they said. The BBC
spokesman didn’t have details of the device’s provider, and said it doesn’t
connect to WiFi. The decision was reported earlier by the Daily Mail.
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A few months ago, I had suggested something
even better than ensuring “ mere
social distancing “ , in my
following blog / email :
Aarogya
Setu : Good Beginning / Long Way to Go ………………………………..[ 18 Apr 2020 ]
Extract :
Ø Status of ALL the persons tested ( whether found positive or negative ),
must be
compiled in a central
Ø Arogya Setu, on its own, will access / retrieve / sync with central database
every
hour and download
Ø As soon as I am within 2 meters of any of these ( positive ) Mobile phone,
my phone will start getting a
Just
imagine, in a crowd, hundreds of phones start beeping !
Enough to scare even the bravest !
Ø My suggestion will prevent thousands of persons crowding near free Ration
Shops
/ Vegetable markets !
Technological solution for
“Social Distancing “
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Dear Dr Harshvardhanji,
I realize that you – and your team – are awfully busy with
the roll-out of the vaccination plan.
Millions of man-hours are being spent on collecting /
compiling / uploading data of those who must be given TOP PRIORITY for getting
vaccinated ( Health Workers – Frontline Workers – Persons with comorbidity etc
)
If quickly implemented, my “ BEWARE of the BEEP “ suggestion will add
the topmost layer of priority !
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 09 Jan 2021
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