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Anyone seen this? Just stumbled upon it, no idea how legit it is, but could be useful.
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CovidNearYou.org? (Original Post)
intrepidity
Mar 2020
OP
Showed two people at my zip in my town as having symptoms, not confirmed. If it picks up
emmaverybo
Mar 2020
#4
greyl
(22,990 posts)1. Site gives inaccurate data to me, dependent upon browser java script permissions.
Results for multiple zipcodes look like this:
0 people on this site have reported COVID-19 symptoms
0 people on this site have reported taking a COVID-19 test
IcyPeas
(21,910 posts)2. The Citizen App
Gives you updated info specific to your location .
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)3. Thank you. Interesting idea and web site.
About CovidNearYou.org:
For anyone who couldn't get the link: https://www.covidnearyou.org/
Many more people need to participate. It only needs birth month/year, gender, zip code, symptoms yes/no and flu shot yes/no.
After entering my info, it shows four people having symptoms in my county area.
KY..........
Created by epidemiologists and software developers at Harvard, Boston Children's Hospital and a group of volunteers from across the technology industry. Covid Near You uses crowdsourced data to visualize maps to help citizens and public health agencies identify current and potential hotspots for the recent pandemic coronavirus, COVID-19. The website is a sister tool of Flu Near You, created by Ending Pandemics and Boston Children's Hospital in 2012 and maintained by the Boston Childrens Hospital team.
Covid Near You relies on voluntary participation from the general public, asking you to take a few seconds to report if you or your family members have been healthy or sick.
We analyze thousands of reports and map them to generate local and national views of covid-like-illness, providing public health officials and researchers with real-time, anonymous information that could help end the COVID-19 pandemic, and prevent the next one from happening.
For anyone who couldn't get the link: https://www.covidnearyou.org/
Many more people need to participate. It only needs birth month/year, gender, zip code, symptoms yes/no and flu shot yes/no.
After entering my info, it shows four people having symptoms in my county area.
KY..........
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)4. Showed two people at my zip in my town as having symptoms, not confirmed. If it picks up
could be interesting but I wonder if real sick people or survivors are going to be hopping online to
report. They will be devastated, grieving.