Have you ever had one of those mornings when you wake up, feel awful and can’t imagine removing yourself from the comforts of your bed to make the trip in to school, work, etc? Well now there is a website that will not only help to occupy you throughout the sickness, but will also allow you to socially network with other sickly individuals throughout the world!
WhoIsSick.org recently launched with the ultimate goal of providing those under-the-weather internet users out there with a tool to track and monitor regional and national sickness trends. No longer will you have to wonder if you are the only poor soul suffering from a fever, runny nose, or yes…even bloody urine/stool discharge. Simply pull up the WhoIsSick map and see if there is a particular outbreak or occurrence of your particular ailment in the surrounding area.
The discussion forum feature also allows you to interact with others who are suffering from similar symptoms, are located in a particular region, or who are of a specific age bracket. I’m a big fan of the interactive map which displays where individuals are suffering from different illnesses as well as the total occurrences of various symptoms over the past week in a particular location. The site is certainly not one for any germaphobes out there, as it will definitely make you paranoid and affraid to venture into our world of disease and illness.
Ultimately I think that WhoIsSick will become a very useful tool for new (and slightly overprotective) parents to communicate and exchange advice about the latest sickness that is being passed around the sandbox. But until then, we can all use it to see how many of our neighbors are suffering from blurred vision or a stomach ache. Oh, and if you are headed to San Francisco this weekend be sure to bring some Kleenex and Nyquil as there appear to be high rates of runny noses and coughs in the area!
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Hypocondriacs arise!!!
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