The Ethical Risks of Detecting Disease Outbreaks With Big Data

An over-prediction could cause panic, misallocation of limited supplies of vaccines or medical resources, and, as some reactions to the recent Ebola outbreak demonstrated, damaging stigmatization of people or communities who don't pose a risk.



February 26, 2015 at 02:18AM

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