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And Now, the Story of Typhoid Mary, as Told by Drunk History

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garzooma3/20/2020 6:15:45 am PDT

re: #235 lawhawk

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This suggests where there are potential hotspots for covid19, based on fever symptoms being searched for. Florida is a hot zone and if it’s indeed present there in the kind of density suggested, the number of illnesses and casualties will be quite high - they still are slow rolling the social distancing and business closures.

Apparently, the Kinsa health maps are at least somewhat reliable. NYT had a story on them:

A company that uses internet-connected thermometers to predict the spread of the flu says it is tracking the coronavirus in real time — something that had been impossible, given the lack of testing for the disease.
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For the last few years, Kinsa’s interactive maps have accurately predicted the spread of flu around the United States about two weeks before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s own surveillance tool, the weekly FluView tracker.