Dubai: After seeing other people they know who tested positive on COVID-19, who have moved away from the world due to the “stigmatization” of coronavirus, two teenage friends in Dubai have introduced a loose online page to anonymously alert contacts to positive cases. get tested.
“We told ourselves that if we had a positive test result, we wouldn’t have to tell others because of the stigma surrounding the positive result. People may think you’ve put their lives in danger. This stigma is genuine and in some cases puts others not to tell others that they tested positive and, instead of being quarantined, they take to the streets and spread it even more,” said Deepak Tahiliani, 18, head of extension of the Anonymous Service, named Wasama. co.
Wasama, which means “stigmatizing” in Arabic, allows positive instances to list the names, email addresses or cell phone numbers of others they have recently met, after downloading a copy or screenshot of their positive verification report, which is reviewed through Tahiliani and Quddus. S Pativada, Wasama’s head of progression and design. The two friends created the initiative together. Wasama then sends an email or TEXT to the other indexed people indicating that one of his recent touches has tested positive and that this touch would like to be reviewed.
So far, since wasama’s release last month, “between eight and ten” more people have used it to play their touches anonymously. Each user indexed an average of five to six taps. Another six hundred people visited it, necessarily a short form that can be completed with just a few clicks, and shared the initiative on social media. Wasama also has an Instagram page, @wasamaco, where they have had about two hundred stocks of their posts.
“Many other people touched us and told us they liked our idea. Some other people have told us that “schools are already doing this “or” other people are not worried that their touch data has been communicated,” but the fact is it takes an hour. If we can stop other people from going out and getting a coronavirus, it overcomes the problems. It is a social message for your protection and the protection of your families and friends. Overall, we were given inteligentes. de the community,” said Tahiliani, an Indian student in grade thirteen at Jumeirah College in Dubai.
Quddus, also from India and in grade thirteen at Repton School in Dubai, said the duo had started service in just two weeks. “It’s a public service, we’re looking to make a replacement in the world. When we first had the idea about it, we started discussing it with other people and found out that other people thought it was a smart idea, that they would use this service if that ever happened. So we move on, built a prototype of the online page and temporarily got up and running.
An Arabic option is provided for EnglishArray that aims to be “more global for even broader impact,” Quddus added.
“As young entrepreneurs, we feel guilty about helping our suffering friends, but I also believe that not only does our goal is to ‘fight’ against the stigmatization of COVID-19 patients, we just want to play a modest but vital role in combating the challenge of social anxiety among young people, particularly in the United Arab Emirates.
“Wasama not only aims to provide a platform to anonymously inform infected people, but also aims to motivate young people in the United Arab Emirates to realize that generation is the bridge between the disruptions we, as young people, face, leading to the emergence of more technological projects to solve macro-scale disorders” Quddus said.
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