Want another reason not to go on holiday? Who is sick is a mash-up combining maps and health information which has now added international data.
Great. Now next time you suffer disabling stomach cramps on holiday, not to mention vomiting and diarrhea, and the local doctor tells you there’s a lot of it about, he will be able to pull up a map to prove his point.
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Hmmm – North America seems fairly peaky while, where I am, in Central America is entirely fit and well.
Hmm this doesn’t actually work does it? Developing countries where illness is higher have no access to computers while developed countries can sit on line and complain about minor sniffles.
Hmmm – North America seems fairly peaky while, where I am, in Central America is entirely fit and well.
Hmm this doesn’t actually work does it? Developing countries where illness is higher have no access to computers while developed countries can sit on line and complain about minor sniffles.
ooh, cynical. No, you’re right, just now. But it’s early days. Who knows? Once the the citizens of developing countries start hammering out health reports on their $100 laptops (and, er, pinging them off via mobile phone), it might actually become useful in all sorts of corners of the world.
In the meantime, it looks like we avoid North America like the plague and breath deeply in Granada.
ooh, cynical. No, you’re right, just now. But it’s early days. Who knows? Once the the citizens of developing countries start hammering out health reports on their $100 laptops (and, er, pinging them off via mobile phone), it might actually become useful in all sorts of corners of the world.
In the meantime, it looks like we avoid North America like the plague and breath deeply in Granada.
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