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Coronavirus Diary: Ethically sourcing data for the fight against disease

4 pointsby 0xWTFabout 5 years ago

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killjoywashereabout 5 years ago
Folks, this is skunkworks open source. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;joshua-s&#x2F;coronavirus-diary" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;joshua-s&#x2F;coronavirus-diary</a><p>Please, pour your time into this app. Check it out, build a bit, commit. Don&#x27;t kibitz about legal issues, HIPAA, app store policy, etc. Yes, I know. I&#x27;m in healthcare, working this at the federal policy level, attorneys, senior tech folks and senior federal officials are involved.<p>The policymakers and healthcare leadership are asking for answers that the data science teams tell us the current data can&#x27;t provide. We need higher resolution data, and we need it now. Thus, this app, which collects data on device and only ships it to a backend if the user authorizes it.<p>I need you to build it. You need you to build it. Your family needs you to build it. There are two possible worst case scenarios: 1) we&#x27;re in the thick of it now, and this is going to blow up now. 2) we luck out, spring weather saves us, and it comes back with a vengeance in October or November.<p>Need more developers:<p>* security engineer<p>* iOS engineer<p>* Android developer<p>* Dart engineers<p>* Flutter developers<p>* Engineers with health industry experience<p>* backend infrastructure<p>* backend security<p>Goal: 1-2 months to MVP deployment. Maybe sooner if people pile on.