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It's clear there is extensive community transmission of Covid19 in Ontario, much more than the current data show. Yet this assessment tool asks about travel history and known contact even for those with symptoms, and then concludes "it's unlikely you have covid19 but you should self-isolate until you are symptom free".

This is not responsible. We need to assume people with symptoms have this, even if we don't have the capacity at this time to test them. We need to clearly articulate to them why we can't test them right now. And we need to tell them to self-isolate immediately and for AT LEAST 7 days after symptoms subside, and ideally (WHO standards) 14 days after symptoms.

Finally, we should be getting their contact information so that when there is public health capacity we can follow-up and do contact tracing.

Adding a progress indicator as the person fill the test might be a good idea

I currently live in Ontario and I have conceptualized an idea and been volunteering to do something similar like this but with an extra feature of being able to predict clusters of infection through gathering data of geolocated symptoms.

How it works
When users answer any self-assessment tool, there should be a mechanism to gather data so we can use data to understand clusters of probable infection through geolocated symptoms. Let's say, what if there's cluster of coughs in the Yonge-Eglington area. Or a certain condominium in downtown Toronto. The data would be useful for assessing risks by location and help governments with targetted testing.

We are a team of volunteers who met through a hackathon. We think that self-assesment tools should gather anonymized data (responsibly) and we can use data science to fight this disease.

Site is hosted at: https://checkifcovid.com
Github: https://github.com/checkifcovid
Original hackathon idea: https://devpost.com/software/findthecluster

Has Ontario thought of having similar feature on your self-assessment app? It will be very useful.

I'm a freelancer developer, and business is slow! Do you have a list of tasks someone could pick up?

My profile: https://evertpot.com/