Behold, according to a regulation from the end of the 17th century, the measures that should be taken in case plague breaks out in a city. At first, a strict …
many, very many, and healthy: health big data is yet another gold mine
Health of Data Big data have changed the way we manage, analyze and leverage data in every industry. One of the most promising areas where they can be applied to …
biometrics, digital identities and vaccines
Since 2016, ID2020 has been promoting an ethical, privacy-protecting approach to digital identity.For the one in seven people globally who lack the means to prove their identity, digital identity offers …
the shape of things to come
A year ago – while the virus was lurking in the bowels of some exotic animal or in some secret laboratory or in the office of some diabolical billionaire and …
lock step
In 2012, the pandemic that the world had been anticipating for so many years finally struck. Unlike the 2009 H1N1, this new strain of flu—which originated from wild geese—was extremely …
The cabinet of Dr. Caligari and the island of Dr. Moreau: pandemic and 4th industrial revolution
The pandemic, the war against the coronavirus, and the hygiene panic may be evolving with tools and methods that would have seemed inconceivable just a short time ago, but this …
mRNA vaccines: the nanoparticles in genetic missions
On the 5th of last May, as part of the first world was gradually transitioning from the phase of ordered home confinement to a gradual “loosening of the straps,” the …
medical politics: health or freedom (and death!)
When the medical uniform becomes an epitrachelion and the caduceus a state thyreos It is indeed impressive that the coronavirus managed to achieve such a degree of disciplinary unity that …
Contact surveillance – the applications
On May 5, england began the pilot application of the contact surveillance platform on White Isle. Undersecretary of state for “health and social welfare” Matt Hancock announced the launch of …
Social alienation and “contact” surveillance
Something tell us (not “something”, but many things tell us!) that when from this marginal corner of cyberspace we insist that the supposedly killer covid-19 virus is the alibi for …
A handful more observations
It is likely to be disconcerting that a story presented as a “mass public-health problem” (like covid-19) is in practice far more and far more significant… And that, consequently, the …
Capitalism, the state and epidemics: Event 201
The Event 201 simulates the outbreak of a new coronavirus of animal origin that is transmitted from bats to swine and eventually manages to be transmitted from human to human, …