Everyone worries about getting sick, but a new application, the Zicam Cold & Flu Companion, takes hypochondria to a new level.
All you have to do is enter your zip code and you will receive information on what percentage of people have the flu, a respiratory illness, or even the EVK plague. "Matrixx Initiatives Inc., the Arizona company that makes products under the Zicam brand, gets the information on disease levels from Surveillance Data Inc. — which gets its data from polling health care providers and pharmacies." They can also ask the application what nearby zip codes also have high risk levels so that they can avoid those areas.
I think that this application is interesting, but more useless than useful. Older, or more fragile people can benefit from this application, but I think others will use it as an excuse not to make a business trip or visit family, and hypochondriacs will just freak themselves out!
This application is available for the T-Mobile G1 and is free! It should be available for the iPhone by the end of the month.
By: Alexandra Guzmán
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28038134/
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