Zerobase

We believe that accessible technology in strong communities will #QRushTheCurve

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

Check out this article written by one of our product design volunteers, @joshhoppie!

"Our focus is on privacy-preserving solutions that even the most under-resourced communities can access"

https://t.co/k7f8jaOeN4

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

Thanks for the feature, @thenewstack!

"To date, Szanto has counted 140 different contact tracing proposals thus far, and most suffer from the same weakness: They require that everyone to download an app."

https://t.co/cZ3tD8nqsW

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

Thanks for the shout out as a promising tracing mechanism to help #QRushTheCurve, @tomaspueyo!

"There are some other interesting alternatives. One of them is through QR codes, like what Zerobase is building."

https://t.co/nc0IkZeRmQ

[ashkan soltani @ashk4n]

UPDATE: @Apple/@Google have updated their 'Contact Tracing API' to v1.1 with some changes to address privacy and reliability issues: https://t.co/OKl2Nh1AjZ

#THREAD

[TeamEarth.io @TeamEarthio]

10/ What core measures will need to be strongly in place for those conditions?

#MassiveTesting

#ContactTracing

#SelfIsolation (if sick or exposed)

That's why we at @TeamEarthio are supporting @cdipaola62 @DrMartyRomeo @Zerobaseio with their work on those measures. 💪

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

So proud to have contributed to this work with our co-founder @aronszanto! Amazing work, team.

[Manuel Gomez-Rodriguez @autreche]

Today we have released a spatiotemporal Covid-19 model that uses temporal point processes to predict the effect of contact tracing, social distancing and business restrictions at a city level. Paper: https://t.co/cmeKpr46a4, Code: https://t.co/AgJERxMSzP (1/n)

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

@ComplicatedIsOK @TeamEarthio Thanks, Stephanie! Drop us a line at [email protected], we'd love to chat.

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

Thanks for the shoutout!

[TeamEarth.io @TeamEarthio]

5/ Special spotlight on @Zerobaseio that is creating #Anonymous #ContactTracing without apps. Only QR codes used.

Check out their work and join their team here!
https://t.co/mK0SSRozuG

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

@EinsteinsAttic @amanda36007 @rossjanderson @csageland You can securely share your phone number to get notified, or we can notify you without knowing anything about you the very next time you check in to a location! Privacy comes first. @amanda36007 we're building this because GPS tracking is unacceptable (FYI it's ineffective, too)

[christina bowen 🌎 @csageland]

@KateGrabowski @ChristoPhraser @ChrisWymant See @Zerobaseio for smart, anonymous contact tracing without app download needed

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

@JeffDean @Google @Apple We need more inclusive solutions! Bluetooth favors privileged areas with the resources to match. What about everywhere else? @Zerobaseio works without signups, app downloads or even a phone! It’s a privacy-first default. Join our mission for big helpful data without big brother!

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

@Farzad_MD Instead, we use an install-free QR network to gain real-time insight into the transmission of the virus, not by hoping people will install the same app and keep it open all the time, but by engaging businesses and test centers to deploy Zerobase, which requires just a printer.

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

@Farzad_MD This thread captured so many of our thoughts over the last several weeks. We're building a virtual contact tracing platform that *does not require an app install and does not monitor GPS locations*. We agree these are the fundamental flaws in the many tech projects you mention.

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

@agropper @csageland @EinsteinsAttic We're developing our on-the-ground presence alongside our digital analytics resources- we'll overlay all data sources (crowdsourced, official, even aggregated from other CT apps!) so that we're both the on-ramp to a consortium virtual CT ecosystem and a provider of vital insight.

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

@EinsteinsAttic @csageland You might also like https://t.co/bQNVtR2xxD, which is a compendium of the contact tracing apps and existing research. We won't spoil the surprise, but we're the only system that is accessible to anyone and doesn't depend on everyone downloading the same app :)

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

@polluterofminds @csageland Thanks <3 Drop us a line anytime to chat!

[christina bowen 🌎 @csageland]

@mishkendall Thanks, Michelle!
would love to see acceptance survey results with no app install required and full privacy protections as in the nonprofit @Zerobaseio project

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

@mishkendall We love this work! We're a nonprofit group building a free, privacy-first contact tracing platform. However, we do not use GPS and we do not require an app install. We believe our system and this one are synergistically orthogonal. We'd be so thrilled to chat about collaborating.

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

@MayorHancock Hey @MayorHancock! We're a nonprofit group building a free, accessible, and privacy-first contact tracing platform that empowers individuals and local officials to stop the spread of COVID-19. We'd love to partner with you to help keep Denver safe. Plus, we're Broncos fans too!

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

@RVAwonk @rvawonk we'd love to hear your thoughts. We think you might be interested :) Drop us a line!

-A

[Zerobase @Zerobaseio]

@RVAwonk This right here. This is why we started Zerobase, the only contact tracing platform that doesn't do GPS monitoring and doesn't require downloading an app. We're changing the way that communities respond to coronavirus- one anonymous check-in at a time.