Flutrack: Real-time tracking of flu symptoms
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Motivation
• Deaths– WWI 21 million
– 1918 flu pandemic 50-100 million
– WWII 60-85 million
– 1957 Asian flu 1-1.5 million
– 1968 Hong Kong flu 0.75-1 million
– USA 3.300-49.000 yearly
• Interaction design for epidemics?
Interaction Design for Epidemics
• Epidemiology task flow:
• User requirements:
– Open-data, Geo-located, Real-time
Symptoms Analysis Reporting
Comparison to related Work
Flutrack.org Flutracking Flu trends Mappyhealth Germtracker
Geo location Yes City City Yes Yes
Filtering Yes Yes Yes No No
Real-time 20 min 1 week 1 day 1 hour Yes
Map Interactive Interactive Fixed No Interactive
Symptoms Tweets Emails Search Tweets Tweets
Open Data Real-time No Summary Summary No
Open Source GitHub No No No No