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An algorithm that "identifies" outbreaks by assigning positive likelihood to each report from "local press" will: a) always identify outbreaks before WHO b) inc
by mcenedella 12y ago
An algorithm that "identifies" outbreaks by assigning positive likelihood to each report from "local press" will:
a) always identify outbreaks before WHO
b) incorrectly identify substantially all cases by falsely indicating a positive
c) be no more valuable to public health than a sensationalist supermarket tabloid
A misleading and inaccurate article.
- SoftwareMaven 12y agoI think you are under-representing what HealthMap is[1]. It is more than a Google Alert tied to Google Maps and, while still fairly new, it is an active research and development project from Boston Children's Hospital, with a large set of publications around the problem-space of using big data to identify disease outbreaks[2]. So, yes, TFA is sensational, but that doesn't mean the tool it's reporting on is useless. 1. http://healthmap.org/site/about http://healthmap.org/site/about 2. http://healthmap.org/site/about/publications http://healthmap.org/site/about/publications
- dang 12y agoIf anyone can suggest an accurate and neutral title, we're happy to change it.