As if bad government responses to swine flu aren’t enough, now there are bad technical ones too: a swine flu iPhone app that keeps tabs on the status of the pandemic (is it one yet?) and maps the latest cases.
So, um, if you’re planning a trip to Mexico City on the go, your phone can now warn you not to.
Image: IntuApps
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May 1st, 2009 at 11:50 am
This is a pretty cool App, but there’s already a site that shows an animated map of the spread of this virus: http://www.swine-flu-map-animation.com/
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