Apple Launches COVID-19 Screening Website and App (techcrunch.com) 8
Apple launched its own coronavirus screening site and iOS app developed alongside the White House, CDC and FEMA. From a report: The site is pretty simple with basic information about best practices and safety tips alongside a basic screening tool which should give you a fairly solid idea on whether or not you need to be tested for COVID-19. The site which is -- of course -- accessible on mobile and desktop also includes some quick tips on social distancing, isolation, hand-washing, surface disinfecting and symptom monitoring. The app, which contains identical information to the site, is US-only at the moment while the website is available worldwide. Depending on your symptoms, the site will push you to get in contact with your health provider, contact emergency services or it will inform you that you likely do not need to be tested. It will not route you to a testing center directly. Apple says that its app and website gather or collect zero personal information about anyone using it.
end of the world? (Score:1)
Further new pandemic-inspired Apple products (Score:1)
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People would pay that much to buy them these days! ;)
no need for apple (Score:2)
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I'd rather simply see a list of symptoms and the percentage of people that had them and a timeline of symptoms. Using an app that tries to hide info from you and then makes some arbitrary guess seems like a terrible idea to me, that is a doctors job, not some 2bit app.
Walled Garden (Score:2)
the basic bitch of websites (Score:3)
It's five pages of simple questions so obviously leading that it looks like it was designed by one of those "Which pokemon are you?" bloggers. It could easily fit into a powerpoint presentation, and unless the iPhone has special sensors for detecting viral infection, i don't imagine the app is any different.