Question

In the content guides, you read about investigating maps. Please answer the questions that were raised at the end of that content guide: Dr. Snow’s map showed a real phenomenon and pointed to the real cause, although most people did not recognize it at the time. The neighborhood maps prepared by the Long Island activists seem like the same thing. What might go wrong with citizens using maps to follow the course of disease? To what extent should epidemiological information on maps be available to the public? What are the benefits? What are the risks? Are there privacy concerns? Will tracking epidemics on maps make people aware of threats or will the important stuff be overwhelmed by the quantity of data?

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