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2020-04-29 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

The computer algorithm that was among the first to detect the coronavirus outbreak

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-29 13:08|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 How 'BlueDot Works' as posted in their own website.

Unable to identify any USG connection. These people may actually be on to something.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-29 13:18|| 2020-04-29 13:18|| Front Page Top

#2 One of these days we just might get to the bottom of this outbreak. /sarc

Posted by Clem 2020-04-29 13:32|| 2020-04-29 13:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like a search engine to me, similar to Google except that it sifts through data relating to infectious diseases and analyzes based on the criteria they give it. Probably not a bad idea. Couldn't be any worse than WHO.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-04-29 13:38|| 2020-04-29 13:38|| Front Page Top

#4 sifts through data relating to infectious diseases and analyzes based on the criteria they give it.

Exactly! Makes one wonder why are paying anyone at the National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI) at Ft Detrick, MD. Of course we wouldn't know for sure, their website is behind the Green Door https://www.intelink.gov/ncmi

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-29 13:44|| 2020-04-29 13:44|| Front Page Top

#5 #3 But you still need a talented (and it is a talent) human to jump from "a" to "z" without going through the intermediate stages.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-29 13:58|| 2020-04-29 13:58|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ Absolutely correct! General Tommy Franks used to say, "Ok, I see your data points and linkages, but so what."

The dreaded and oftentimes challenging..."so what test."

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-29 14:02|| 2020-04-29 14:02|| Front Page Top

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