Idea du Jour: What's Going Around
Speaking as the parent of young kids, such people are pint-sized petri dishes, forever incubating and then bringing home all sorts of nasty viruses and bacteria. As a result, I spend an inordinate amount of time with pediatricians and talking to hospital sorts, almost always only to be told, "Oh, that [where "that" could be fever/diarrhea/strep/etc.] is going around right now."So, my question: Why isn't there some easier way of knowing what's going around right now? We have lots of hyper-local web-based services emerging, but there is no such thing for infectious disease. Sure, there are higher order sorts of services via the CDC and others for flu and the like, but I want something hyper-local for the sorts of things "going around" right now, and that is then seen by parents of the average toddler.
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