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Tracking the spread of disease?

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There are some really cool sites out there that offer interactive maps tracking and trending the spread of the flu (and various other diseases). The most interesting one I have seen is germtrax.com , but there are some others (healthap.org and flunearyou.com ). What do you think about using public internet technology for flu-tracking?
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