HealthMap App Will Tell You How Diseased Your Neighborhood Is
Ever wondered if someone in your neighbourhood has a case of Swine Flu, African Horse Sickness, Chicken Pox, or other infectious diseases? Today’s your lucky day: The HealthMap app will show you up-to-date reports and even send push alerts.
To be completely honest, I was terrified when I first opened this app up. I did not need to discover yet another scary thing about my state. Thankfully, it looks like Florida is fairly free from outbreaks of infectious diseases.
From playing around with the app though, I’m given the impression that neither Florida nor any other place will appear infection free for long because of the outbreak report function. Let’s face it, given the fact that there’s an option to report Sexually Transmitted Infections and that the report is quick and easy to submit is practically inviting people to report their former significant others’ homes as outbreak sites. [HealthMap via Boston]
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@AmphetamineCrown: Either: Yes- you will likely die; or No- the soybeans have all died before you could eat them and die.
iminahammock
Does it show outbreaks of Graft vs Host disease?
J_Frank_Parnell
@trs: Oh yeah why do you think Vin Diesel is gay? His mom screwed him up...lol
VideoVampire
This would be far more useful if it covered bars and stds in my neighborhood.
Hooray4Zoidberg
I didn't know soybeans rusted. Is this a health problem?
AmphetamineCrown
@trs: Well, there seems to be an absence of a certain ornithological piece. A headline regarding mass awareness of a certain avian variety. Have you not heard?
iminahammock
@iminahammock: Geez. I didn't realize xXx's mom had so many problems.
trs
You just have to duck and cover right?
twitzgall
Oh man, how long until "xxx's Mom" is shown to be the epicenter of countless new plagues.
iminahammock
The web version provides very weak information. Most of it seems to be days to months old. I don't think it's useful as a phone app. Submit your phone number to the emergency notification system.
SHEEEEEEEESH
BTW, the one on the west coast, with the gonorrhea, totally not me. No way... Okay, at least I'm famous now.
@fo0you: It should be tied into COD: WaW
Kev50027
@fo0you: That was my first thought as well. I think the best use of this app would be in showing rates of zombification. With push alerts.
special zombie notification too?
fo0you
This app doesn't have the some 17 students at my school with swine flu.
Kev50027