Hunala aims to be ‘Waze for coronavirus’

https://news.yale.edu/2020/06/05/yale-app-hunala-aims-be-waze-coronavirus

by hhs • 6 years ago

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verganileonardo• 6 years ago

This is probably the worst analogy for what a company does that I have ever seen.

hhs3• 6 years ago

If interested, this app is discussed in depth here: https://a16z.com/2020/05/22/predicting-pandemics-early-detec...

bhupy• 6 years ago

Why? As obnoxious as it is, it was immediately clear to me that this system relies on crowd-sourced self-reported health data to help others assess risk. As far as analogies go, it served its purpose.

mandelbrotwurst• 6 years ago

Well, FWIW I read it as "an app to get directions to coronavirus".

mfer• 6 years ago

On their site they have a map of counties and risk level. Some counties I know of that currently have few cases are labeled as very high risk. They had cases in the past but the numbers have fallen. This makes me question the usefulness of the presentation.

nxpnsv• 6 years ago

3k users spread out, they probably need to introduce a significance component..

OldHand2018• 6 years ago

If you live in a county with a lot of people, county-level data is useless. If you don't live in a county with a lot of people, your risk is pretty low.

Look at the zip code based stats in a single large county. The variance is insanely large:

http://www.dph.illinois.gov/covid19/covid19-statistics

devin• 6 years ago

The privacy policy sent me packing.

Exmoor• 6 years ago

This may be a poor comparison. I had to sit here and think really hard to even remember what Waze does. Remember commuting?

tobowers3• 6 years ago

Our team is building https://birdlevel.com/ which lets HR teams get actionable insights into the well being of their employees. I'd love to explore integrating Hunala data and inferences into an office-localized experience for teams.

hhs3• 6 years ago

This is a neat idea, have you found a need to gain a minimum number of employees for insights?

tobowers3• 6 years ago

It’s not about well being than pure physical risk so small numbers are still helpful.

jtokoph• 6 years ago

An app for coronavirus to get directions to its next host?

Hunala aims to be ‘Waze for coronavirus’

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