FC: How Singapore is confronting SARS

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[First-name-only anonymity requested. --Declan]

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Hi Declan,

I'm not sure if this is relevant to your list, but
Singapore's method of dealing with SARS has been
interesting, to say the least. One way they have been
trying to involve the public in being more responsible
is by use of 'Contact Bowls', where people are
encouraged to leave their business cards or fill out
their details on a standard form (to help with contact
tracing should a community outbreak occur). These
bowls sit in shopping malls and eating establishments.
Although they promise the cards and forms will be
destroyed after two weeks, the potential for abuse (by
those responsible for the bowls and those not) is
pretty damn huge.

http://www2.mediacorpsingapore.com/articles/features/view/409/1/.html

http://www.sars.gov.sg/archive/Food%20Court%20Introduces%20Contact%20Tracing%20Using%20Computer%20Software%20(CNA).html

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna/technology/tech/270503sms_contact.htm

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/41036/1/.html

Andrea




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