Lokachet Tanasugarn

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. You could see that IT could play an important role in several steps of outbreak investigation. This is also true for surveillance activity. So, you might be able to factor in the use of IT to your surveillance planning project as well!

Social media platform is indeed a new landscape for disease control strategy. I like the fact that you mentioned about “tackling misinformation” since we seems to have too many unreliable sources of information on social media. Any particular example from those platforms to fight back the misinformation?

This is an interesting angle indeed! Anyhow, do you think there is any limitation of this technology that we should be aware of for contact tracing?

Thank you for your insightful answer. From this discussion, you could see that having a surveillance system in place helps monitoring the disease situation and hopefully alert potential outbreak for early intervention. The details of each surveillance system tend to vary based on several factors as mentioned in the lecture – including the nature…[Read more]

Hi Siriluk, Thank you for your thoughtful comments on the VR experience and your creativity. Since VR is gadget-related, it is nice to know that the DIY set help you explore different perspectives on the VR usage even for those with prior exposure to VR. Additionally, your beautifully decorated Google Cupboard and your adorable feline assistant…[Read more]

Hi Tanaphum

That’s an impressive drop in temperature compared to your colleagues’ plots thus far. May I ask how did you manage to get your sensor into the freezer since part of the system still need to be connected to the laptop? Did you slightly leave the freezer open during that particular period?

Hi Aung,

Thanks for sharing your VR experience. It appears that you have tried several apps and
noted on the limitation from different angles of VR. One interesting observation is about your
feeling of “dizziness” after using VR for a while. This symptoms could be related to a condition
called “Virtual Reality Sickness” or “Cybersickness”. If…[Read more]

Hi Pacharapol

Sorry to hear that the sensor ended up breaking. Nevertheless, you did have a chance
to experiment with the air dryer and get a nice-looking plot. As I mentioned in the lab
video, the sensor device can be somewhat fragile. We might need to put the sensor system
in a container with its own power source next time!

Hi Cing Sian Dal,

Good job noticing the baud rate! I also like your idea on how to deal with the failed
records – please go ahead with the extra experiment if you have time and keep us
posted on your solution!

Hi Aung,

Good job! Hope that these issues with finding the right port, switching the WIFI, and redeploying the web script help sharpen your debugging practice. Additionally, I wonder about the boiling pot. Did you hold the sensor on the boiling surface directly and for how long? The humidity seems to skyrocket as expected but the temperature…[Read more]

Hi Siriphak,

Thank you for sharing this article. Although this article emphasizes mainly on
the ML part, it actually reflects the needs of accurate and reliable data from
the sensor system. And since blood glucose can be interpreted differently in several contexts
(fasting/non-fasting, spot check/continuous monitoring, related comorbidities,…[Read more]

Hi Cing Sian Dal,

Thanks for sharing this interesting publication and nicely summarized the main takeaways.
I would like to further highlight the design aspect that was mentioned in the discussion
part as the basic design guideline for WHMS. Some key ideas to consider if you ever run into
any of these systems!

Thanks for sharing your answer – a good compare and contrast indeed!

Thanks for sharing your idea. The lack of techequity is very true and probably is true not only in Thailand. During the early COVID-19 mass vaccination campaign in LA, we did have to ask for volunteers to help the elderly fill in their electronic vaccination records. I think we might see more adaptation of IT services or platforms to meet this need.

Thanks for sharing this insight! This is an important loophole that could result in mistrust among related parties. Data privacy has become more critical than ever with the implementation of the Personal Data Privacy Act (PDPA). Hope that we will have a better and more practical safeguard against this sort of data leakage coming up in time!

Thanks for sharing your idea and good job mentioning climate change as a factor that influences infectious diseases. This is one of the issues in planetary health that is likely to play a bigger role in these recent years!

Thanks for sharing – good point about the lack of scientifically rigorous evidence to support the delivered messages!

Thanks for your organized observation – your answers clearly compare and contrast the communication between the two leaders!

Thank you for sharing! I believe that Myanmar has its own uniqueness in diverse ethnic groups which could be utilized in favor or against any activity. Your answer did a great job of showing us the impact of the coup on the healthcare and IT system which might take years to recover.

Hope that Myanmar will soon recover from the impact of this…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing your idea. It’s interesting that your analysis goes beyond the scope of IT to the governance issues at the national level as well. This is also crucial to the overall trust and management during the pandemic. I would say that Thailand has many opportunities for development in both areas!