2020-03-24

mellowtigger: (the more you know)
2020-03-24 05:06 pm
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thermometer data at HealthWeather.us

Florida has been taking the "business as usual" Republican tactic.  How well is that working out?

Here's a map that you'll want to keep an eye on:
https://healthweather.us/
Kinsa temperature map usa 2020-03-24
It's a collection of data from "internet-of-things" online thermometers as people take their temps and report results back to servers. It's not meant as a secret dystopian surveillance.  It was designed specifically for epidemic purposes like now, providing a kind of "weather map" of infection storm.  TechCrunch has some of the history of the project.
https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/23/kinsas-fever-map-could-show-just-how-crucial-it-is-to-stay-home-to-stop-covid-19-spread