“ Good Beginning
“ Part :
“ Speaking
to Republic TV Shri Amitabh Kant said :
You know it's like a
bodyguard on your mobile. It shields me, my family and community against corona
virus.
This app empowers me
for better information on the potential risk of infection.
It was built by the
best of India's both the Public and Private sectors, it has a whole of
India approach. It was built within two weeks. It is a world-class product with
respect to quality, privacy, security, and scalability.
Now it has reached
almost 6 crore users within 15 days... The underline architecture is built to
support entire India's user base. "
“ Long Way to Go
“ Part :
[ A ]
… “ Self Declaration “ basis
Figure
of 6 crore downloads is impressive .
Questions
are :
Ø Among
those 6 crore, how many of 15000
positively identified Covid-19 patients have
downloaded this app ? My guess : 1500 at most
Ø Since
filling in of the “ I have tested Positive “
data is voluntary, how many of those 1500, have truthfully filled in their positive status ?
My guess : 150 at most
It is obvious that downloading of Aarogya Setu
– even by 60 crore persons – is of
little potential help as long as submission of
“ My Status “ data is voluntary
Solution :
Ø Status
of ALL the persons tested ( whether found positive or negative ) , must be
compiled in a central database ( 24x7 )
Ø Arogya
Setu , on its own , will access / retrieve / sync with central database every
hour and download Mobile Numbers of ALL those who
tested positive
Ø As
soon as I am within 2 meters of any of these ( positive ) Mobile phone, my
phone will start getting a signal and start beeping !
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 “
Help :
Apple
and Google Could Be Better at Tracking the Coronavirus Than a Government
[ B ] …. “ Voluntary Downloading “ basis
Ø There
should be no need to go to Google Store / Apple Store for downloading
Ø Government
should insist upon Mobile manufacturers that Aarogya Setu must be “ Pre Installed “ before a
phone leaves the factory
Ø Then
there could be millions of phones lying with shops selling these . These
sellers must install Aarogya Setu before handing over
to buyer or no SIM card
Ø A
few hundred million phones could be in use with citizen. Mobile Service
Providers ( Reliance – Airtel – Vodafone ) to stop
their service to those users who have not downloaded/installed Aarogya
Setu. Under Government orders !
[ C ]…. “ Permission to Leave
House “ basis
Ø Although
the governments ( Central + States ) have clearly specified the “ Purposes “ (
eg: to purchase of essentials / visiting doctor etc ), for which a person may
leave his house for a few hours, this is being flouted . Thousands of people
are coming out of their homes without valid reasons and gathering in public
places. Such anti-social / irresponsible behavior, spreads Corona
Aarogya Setu
must be modified to prevent such gatherings in a foolproof
manner as described below :
[ source : CRY , Beloved Country / 15 April 2020 ]
When a person wants / needs to go out of house , he
will enter :
# Purpose for wanting
to go out
# Place
/ Person / Shop / Doctor etc. proposed to visit ( giving address /
location )
# Likely duration of staying
out of the house
Within 1 minute, the concerned Authority
will online APPROVE or DISAPPROVE
the request . In case of “ Dis-approval “ ,
Authority will suggest “ alternate time
“ for visit
This “
APPROVED / DISAPPROVED “ status will appear on the mobile
app
If stopped / questioned by
Police , while a person is on the road, he will show
the “ Status “
Even the Shop-owner / Doctor
etc shall entertain only those persons having
“Approved “
status
This modification will
enforce “ Social Distancing “ , and prevent “ Crowding “ at
any public pace
If you are waiting for a GREEN signal to
implement this suggestion, you have it from none
Here is what he said :
“ Modi also said that the
tracking app is an essential tool in Covid-19 fight and is
possible to use it as an e-pass to facilitate travel from
one place to another,
[ D ] . “ Tracking Positive Thru GPS “ basis
Ø Government
must mandate that all mobiles manufactured / sold in India, must switch over
from US GPS to our own Indian NaVIC based GPS
I believe NaVIC has a
resolution of 2 meter . NaVIC can track all mobiles in India, on 24x7 basis.
Hence , matching with “ Central Covid Test Result
Database “ will help authorities to track precise movement of all
persons who have tested positive
Till this gets
implemented, every positive patient must be made to wear a WRIST-BAND , which
can be tracked
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Dear Shri RaviShankar Prasadji,
It is indeed, admirable to see the progress of this app
, as follows :
# On March 23 , I
wrote :
“ Immediately phone up Prof. Ramesh Raskar – MIT
Ramesh Raskar's MIT Team Builds App That Tells If Someone's Infected With COVID-19 Near You /
https://privatekit.mit.edu/
- and implement Mobile App developed by
his team, by issue of an appropriate ORDINANCE , to
be converted into a Infection Protection Act , within 6 months
“
# On 02 April , Aarogya
Setu got launched
I urge you to consider my above-mentioned suggestions
for launching Version 2.0 of Aarogya Setu , by end of this month
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 19
April 2020
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Just received following reply ( to my above-mentioned email ) from Aarogya Setu team : ( 6: 15 pm / 19 April ) --------------------------------------- Dear Sir/Mam, We appreciate your inputs. Aarogya Setu has already helped identify individuals who have come in close proximity of persons who have tested positive for COVID-19 later on. The inputs from the App are being shared with the concerned Government authorities, who then reaches out to these individuals and then undertake further testing and containment measures accordingly. The e-pass feature is currently under testing and it will be rolled out soon. As more people start using this App, the more effective it can be as tool in combating the COVID-19. -- regards, Aarogya Setu