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BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:41 PM Mar 2020

Can Smart Thermometers Track the Spread of the Coronavirus?

"A company that makes internet-connected thermometers has followed the flu more closely than the C.D.C. can. Now the devices may be turning up cases of Covid-19."

"The thermometer data “acts as an early warning system for illness spreading,” said Inder Singh, the company’s founder. The C.D.C.’s system lags because it relies on weekly reports from hundreds of doctors’ offices and hospital emergency rooms about what symptoms they are seeing in patients."

"Just last Saturday, Kinsa’s data indicated an unusual rise in fevers in South Florida, even though it was not known to be a Covid-19 epicenter. Within days, testing showed that South Florida had indeed become an epicenter."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/health/coronavirus-fever-
thermometers.html

Go to this link for the map...
https://healthweather.us/

"The map shows two key data points: (1) the illness levels we’re currently observing, and (2) the degree to which those levels are higher than the typical levels we expect to see at this point in the flu season. (Details on how we calculate this are available in our technical approach document.) We believe this latter data point — which we’re calling “atypical illness”, may in some cases be connected to the COVID-19 pandemic."

This was just reported on the Rachel Maddow Show.

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Can Smart Thermometers Track the Spread of the Coronavirus? (Original Post) BigmanPigman Mar 2020 OP
Go to healthweather.us drray23 Mar 2020 #1
Thanks! BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #2
damn - florida is NOT the place to be right now..... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #3
Holy shit! BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #4
the spring breakers will be heading home to parents and grandparents..... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #6
I think they need to stay in school since they apparently BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #7
schools are largely closed now..... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #8
I wad being facetious BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #9
I am so angry at FL right now. Way too slow shutting down, and it's gonna spread. nt crickets Mar 2020 #10
Flu is going strong here MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #13
We have a Kinsa thermometer but I never downloaded the app for it. PA Democrat Mar 2020 #5
Rachel reported on this tonight. nt DURHAM D Mar 2020 #11
Yep, that is where I heard of it BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #12
Both cool, and way creepy. n/t Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #14

drray23

(7,587 posts)
1. Go to healthweather.us
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:42 PM
Mar 2020

You can see that map. Click atypical and it will show what it thinks is not flu, i.e covid.

You can enter your zip and check it out.

getagrip_already

(14,250 posts)
3. damn - florida is NOT the place to be right now.....
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:56 PM
Mar 2020

And of course state health officials are locking down any info on current cases......

getagrip_already

(14,250 posts)
6. the spring breakers will be heading home to parents and grandparents.....
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:14 PM
Mar 2020

Thinking the headaches and fever are just a hangover. I'm sure there will be lots of family get together's since they are home from school.

precious darlings.

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
7. I think they need to stay in school since they apparently
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:20 PM
Mar 2020

don't have the sense they were born with, neither does whoever supported those trips to FL. Morons deserve to get their Karma, unfortunately the rest of us will suffer due to their selfishness.

getagrip_already

(14,250 posts)
8. schools are largely closed now.....
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:23 PM
Mar 2020

Kids were sent home and are expected to do distance learning for the remainder of the term....

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
9. I wad being facetious
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:27 PM
Mar 2020

about staying in school. They need to smarten up but you don't get common sense from school/college. That is what they are lacking.

MoonlitKnight

(1,584 posts)
13. Flu is going strong here
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:51 PM
Mar 2020

But we also had abysmal testing and people who traveled while infected from Italy. And if you run the time lapse on the site you can see it blow up in December and again in February.

It’s probably running rampant. And now that there is testing, the numbers are climbing.

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
12. Yep, that is where I heard of it
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:43 PM
Mar 2020

then I googled it and posted the info I got. Cool thermometer and tracking system!

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