[verganileonardo]

This is probably the worst analogy for what a company does that I have ever seen.

[bhupy]

Why? As obnoxious as it is, it was immediately clear to me that this system relies on crowd-sourced self-reported health data to help others assess risk. As far as analogies go, it served its purpose.

[mandelbrotwurst]

Well, FWIW I read it as "an app to get directions to coronavirus".

[tomjakubowski]

Waze started out as a crowdsourced police avoidance app for drivers, which is a closer fit to the analogy.

[hhs]

If interested, this app is discussed in depth here: https://a16z.com/2020/05/22/predicting-pandemics-early-detec...