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Last week I decided to dig into the life-threatening Precondition & Excuses from Alberta Health to resist enabling the National COVID-19 Exposure Notification App.

@Dave_Khan @DShepYEG @shandro @jkenney @RachelNotley

The Precondition and Excuses became clear enough last week to analyze and examine critically against the facts.

@Jantafrench @jasonfherring @ctvedmonton @PattyHajdu @JustinTrudeau

Frustrated with the lack of answers, or evasive answers from provincial elected officials, municipal officials and provincial media have been asking @CMOH_Alberta.

@iceTyyc @nenshi @CBCFletch @Adam_Toy

One problem is that the information AB Health has collected with the AB-only App is restricted to specific, limited use only within AB Health & AHS. It cannot be pushed to the federal government without informed user consent.

@mgeist

AB Health does not even use its own App if you test Positive.
• 5% use (at best) by Albertans ≠ enough useful info
• AB Health starts conventional contact tracing (with the phone number you provided when tested) before you can upload.
@AntibioticDoc @RajBhardwajMD @DFisman

Contact tracers can be overwhelmed when # of daily new cases grows exponentially, many times faster than staff can be added.

This is why Govs worldwide use technology to provide exposure notification *before* conventional contact tracing.

@GosiaGasperoPhD @CTVMFranklin

The technical issues caused by AB Gov's unnecessary, and life-threatening Precondition, first cause problems for AB Gov.

The Precondition from AB Health also places impossible demands on the federal government, Apple & Google.

The federal (or any) government cannot force an app into your phone, with your private data, and pretend you opted in, just because AB Gov says so.

"Notification" Excuse is misinformed.

If Minister @shandro means he wants the App to push Exposure Notification from someone who tested positive to exposed contacts, the AB-Only App cannot do that. Not from User, nor from AB Health.

The National App does, by design. @cbcrob

BOTH the AB-Only App, and the National App, can be run simultaneously.

AB Health only has to provide a National code for positive tests, as promised in August.

8 other provinces have passed Alberta.

@picardonhealth @paulisci @ctvedmonton @jasonfherring @mikesbloggity

Albertans have not adopted the AB-only App. Minister @shandro claims 247,000 Downloads.

How many of those actually input their phone number, got the PIN back by SMS, then entered the PIN to activate the AB-Only App?

@Jantafrench @jasonfherring @CBCFletch @paulisci @CarrieTait

You ask: What should I do?
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/covid-alert.html

What should I push Alberta & Fed govs to do?

Last thing anyone should do is spend more public money on AB-Only App, which has clearly failed.

@charlesrusnell @jennierussell_ @jasonfherring @MichelletypoQ