Kinsa Health's smart thermometers, which have been successful in predicting the spread of flu in previous years, could be used to track the spread of COVID-19
something that had been impossible, given the lack of testing for the disease.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Mike Bettes / @mikebettes : Fascinating. Could connected home health devices play a larger role in making the world a healthier place? This seem to have huge upside. https://twitter.com/... Marc Caputo / @marcacaputo : Check out Florida in this “atypical illness” map made with Kinsa Health data that @maddow just showed https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... @fangirlsmash : I'm watching the reporter from the New York Times who broke this story on Meadow right now. The CDC is trying to get Kinsa to give up its rights to data and Kinsa isn't cooperating. https://twitter.com/... Alex Howard / @digiphile : A novel wrinkle on “citizens as sensors,” where the public collects & shares data that inform public health responses. Potential public good, but watch how Internet of Things companies collect & share data about temperatures with insurers: https://www.huffpost.com/... & governments. https://twitter.com/... Brian Stelter / @brianstelter : As a Kinsa thermometer user, this made me say wow: “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,” NYT's Donald G. McNeil Jr. reports https://www.nytimes.com/... @maddowblog : “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.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
“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.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
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Fascinating. Could connected home health devices play a larger role in making the world a healthier place? This seem to have huge upside. https://twitter.com/...
@marcacaputo
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Check out Florida in this “atypical illness” map made with Kinsa Health data that @maddow just showed https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@fangirlsmash
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I'm watching the reporter from the New York Times who broke this story on Meadow right now. The CDC is trying to get Kinsa to give up its rights to data and Kinsa isn't cooperating. https://twitter.com/...
@digiphile
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A novel wrinkle on “citizens as sensors,” where the public collects & shares data that inform public health responses. Potential public good, but watch how Internet of Things companies collect & share data about temperatures with insurers: https://www.huffpost.com/... & governmen…
@brianstelter
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As a Kinsa thermometer user, this made me say wow: “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,” NYT's Donald G. McNeil Jr. reports https://www.nytimes.com/...
@maddowblog
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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.” https://www.nytimes.com/...