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MP SPEAKS | Access to scientific journals today is virtually free, and scientists are making viral genomes freely available in the public domain. In the competitive scientific world, this exchange of new knowledge about Covid-19 is unprecedented.
In stark contrast, political leaders are ostensibly inclined to block and stockpile potential vaccines for parochial national interests, as opposed to data scientists, who are opening up and sharing data and knowledge for the universal benefit of humanity.
How can Malaysia emulate this altruistic gesture in our national data management?
1. In today’s context, knowledge of our pandemic equates to painfully collected case data every day. It would be unfortunate if this knowledge data, collected through public funds and resources, is not available to other state agencies.
2. Inter-agency data sharing in Selangor, particularly case data, was the key to stopping the second wave of Covid-19. Let’s be clear that data sharing is not equivalent to violating patient privacy; Methods were previously established on how to share data while protecting the privacy and confidentiality of personal data.
3. This was done before, thanks to the close cooperation and data sharing between the Ministry of Health, the National Security Council and the Selangor state government Operations Centers. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said now …
