"I think providing aggregate data to governments and health officials is one of the most important tools tech companies can provide," Zuckerberg said.
The maps add to tech companies' growing efforts to use their vast networks and data-collection tools to help provide a clearer picture of the outbreak and possibly create systems that will help states ease lockdowns. Apple and Google have begun building a system forInstagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, who left Facebook in 2018, launched a website last week to track how COVID-19 is spreading in each state in real time.
, uses a metric called an effective reproduction number, which measures the average number of people who get the virus from one infected person.The announcement comes after the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked tech companies like Facebook, Google and Apple forOfficials hoped to use the anonymous, aggregated data to track the virus' spread, a system called syndromic surveillance.
The maps are meant to help researchers understand the spread of the disease and how it's affected by population patterns. They don't show individual patterns, just information at the city or county levels.
We like sure stats. Weird
I thought they wanted to be called 'The Facebook Company'
I don't trust Facebook.
Open the economy NOW!! Covid has been an overreaction that has destroyed our economy! Open restaurants, gyms, and other businesses NOW, before our economy is dead and oil companies bankrupt! We have medicine, vents and rooms to treat the sick. Quarantine sick and vulnerable only!
That is a pile of S.H.I.T.
FB can FO. Why are they getting involved in data collection related to C-19?
Everyone should give symptoms and it will kill the virus that is Facebook
It looks like Covid 19 flew over flyover country.
No doubt my go to for news is FB. However, they might be less fake then NBC. Can't be much worse anyway
Why in the why would I or anyone care what 'The Facebook' has to say about anything? GTFO with this garbage.
Facebook needs to be Faceplanted. Nothing but an arm of the Democrat swamp ass kissing Democrats in hopes they can continue to control the media.
selectedwisdom Yet, without testing who the hell knows.
selectedwisdom I'll take the Johns Hopkins map and data. Hard pass on Fakebook.
selectedwisdom Awesome, facebook. What's next? Reporting foreign attacks THROUGH YOUR PLATFORM on the U.S. Elections? Show us you've learned, Facebook. Show us you understand not only how helpful you can be, but also how devastating. 👉 ProtectOurVote 👈 NovemberIsComing
selectedwisdom Hmmmmm, it would seem that both FB and self reporting as the sources makes this pretty useless
No thanks. Glad i deleted that trash.
“The announcement comes after the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked tech companies like Facebook, Google and Apple for greater access to Americans' location data in March”
Why are people still on FB? Go ahead, give Fuckerberg your info to sell. DUMBSHITS!
Facebook trying to be relevant - how is this helpful when their data will contradict the official figures as is based on ‘self-reported’ cases?
DeleteFacebook
The map is terrible
Ah yes FB like you can believe ANYTHING they say.
More crap data...SELF REPORTED...you mean self diagnosed, best to leave it up to the doctors, cant believe you havent learnt that by now....talk about thick....
Map won't load. Not shocked.
If everyone did a search the same time for symptoms the whole country would be listed as infected and then we would need a new story on how Facebook is the virus
Now post how much false information is being spread about the election from Russian bot farms
FB is not to be taken seriously. Unless cat videos and your high school friends are your thing. Then, by all means, jam out.
I think I will stick to my state’s department of health for this information
“Self-reported COVID-19 symptoms” Hard evidence right there ladies and gents. Those symptoms definitely mean you have it. Keep giving Facebook all your personal information.
This is a map of Taco Bell 🔔 locations 😂 stop lying fake news 👎🏽
Fake news ?