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| 168838 | 7938 | CVOID-19 REAL (non media) Hands on Data | 43 | PeakMaster | Mar 25, 2020 | 2020-03-25T14:43:37-0400 | dingpatch said: From New York City to St. Augustine, fever charting shows social distancing may be 'breaking the chain' of coronavirus infections 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. 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 . "When you shut down schools and businesses, you are breaking the chain of infections," said Kinsa CEO Inder Singh. "The data are showing it is working and the clusters of fever we were seeing are leveling off and diminishing within days." Click to expand... Interesting. Wonder how large their sampling database is. |