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| Fever Charting Shows Social Distancing may be Working |
| 2020-03-25 |
| [USA Today] Early evidence suggests closing bars, restaurants and other businesses to keep people apart in places including New York City, has slowed the incidence of fevers that are an early indicator of coronavirus, according to a new analysis of fevers and symptoms across the U.S. My custom made Kotex mask keeps nearly everyone at a distance. Data from health technology company Kinsa, which did the analysis using its digital thermometers, show the number of people with flulike illness ‐ atypical fever and symptoms ‐ began dropping almost immediately after mandatory social distancing measures were implemented in some areas. The company downloads fever readings from more than 1 million thermometers in use around the U.S. It predicted the 2018 spread of the flu and bad colds that were often mistaken for the flu last winter. Bad colds mistaken for the flu? Who knew? Kinsa board member Beth Seidenberg said the company has spent years trying to get the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to work with them. NIH can also mean Not Invented Here. The CDC declined to comment on why it wasn't working with Kinsa, but said in a statement it "appreciates the efforts of so many companies working across the private sector to address this new threat." |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #6 Johnny and June - one of the great love stories of the 20th century. Like Romeo and Juliet, but with a happy ending. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-03-25 22:55 |
| #5 ^ Nice. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-03-25 17:09 |
| #4 If you got a fever I can only prescribe more cowbell. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-03-25 16:23 |
| #3 slowed the incidence of fevers |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-03-25 16:03 |
| #2 so many companies working across the private sector making us look bad. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-03-25 15:42 |
| #1 Be alright with me if when this shi* ends, The Orange Man brings French virologist Didier Raoult and his staff over here for a Macy's style, NYC parade. Perhaps the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE) of WWII fame, could jump into Central Park for a picnic. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-03-25 15:22 |