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Rethinking Coronavirus: The Artificial Intelligence Solution

Lotus Labs
6 min readApr 1, 2020

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Image of Coronavirus disease particle
Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

What was once a meme in February has become a global pandemic just a month later. SARS-CoV-2 or Coronavirus certainly needs no introduction as its exponential spread has united the world in isolation. To arrest the spread of Coronavirus, which has now infiltrated over 150 countries, humans have turned to technology to track and limit its spread. Several prominent approaches have stood out including tracking cell phone data and charting the virus’s spread on real-time interactive maps, and while these methods can adequately highlight areas of high risk, they fail to give us insight into future movements of the virus. As we scramble to understand all the intricacies of the Coronavirus, it is important to realize that we cannot rely on most technology to fill in the gaps for us. However, there is one specific technology capable of learning independently and drawing conclusions from seemingly random data. Artificial Intelligence is the key to finally getting in front of Coronavirus and preventing damage rather than assessing the damage.

Cell Phone GPS Tracking Data Solution

Currently, there are two methods to use cell phone GPS data to alert people who could have come into contact with a Coronavirus disease carrier. The first is an app that tracks whoever has been in close proximity with someone flagged for having…

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