Is There Something Going Around?

Every time I get the flu or a cough someone says to me, "Yeah, there's something going around, everyone I know is sick."  I've always figured that this was just the result of mental bias.  Maybe they do know one other person who has a cold, or maybe it's just something to say.   

Another problem with these statements is that germ theory is rubbish.  Kidding!

Anyway, a new website aims to answer this question.  Who Is Sick? will attempt to create an online map that documents stuff like headaches, nausea and colds in your neighborhood.  The key will be in getting enough people to actually use the site and regularly remember to enter it in anytime they have some ailment.  I'm not sure what incentives they can offer to get people to do this.  But it would be really cool if it did work, and then if someone tells you that there's something going around, you can tell whether they're actually basing that on something or if they're making time-wasting chit-chat.

Comments

[Financial Spread Betting]

There always seems to be something going around my office. Well it is the civil service after all.

[Jane]

Awesome website! Thanks!

[ティンバーランド]

受け入れについて、同省の４月の調査では、全国５７２の市町村?一部事務組合が前向きな回答を寄せたが、放射性物質の影響を懸念する声が各地で上がり、１０月の調査では５４市町村?事務組合に激減した。

　ティンバーランド現在、実際に受け入れを行っている都道府県は東京都だけで、受け入れの処理指針を策定中の大阪府には、これまで約１万件の反対意見が寄せられている。