17-Year Old Avi Schiffmann Creates Global Germ Tracker Website Combats Misinformation

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A teenager’s website tracking coronavirus has become one of the most vital resources for people seeking accurate and updated numbers on the pandemic.

The URL is nCoV2019.live. We speak with 17-year-old Avi Schiffmann, a high school junior from Mercer Island outside Seattle, who started the site in late December, when coronavirus had not yet been detected outside of China.

Now the site has been visited by tens of millions from every country on Earth.

It tracks deaths, numbers of cases locally and globally, and provides an interactive map, information on the disease, and a Twitter feed.

The resource updates every minute or so, and pulls information from the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and elsewhere.

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10 thoughts on “17-Year Old Avi Schiffmann Creates Global Germ Tracker Website Combats Misinformation

  1. HURRAY Avi! thanks 4 sharing this website with the world. it is most informative. i know u will go far in whatever career path u choose! God bless

  2. Hurray Avi! this is a brilliant website. thank u 4 sharing it with the world. i know u r going 2 go far in ur chosen career.

  3. does it track news organizations that won’t report the improvements as well? my fear is that the news media is going to say stay home forever!!!! they are making tons of money on this

  4. Great work. Latin America chart would be better described as South America. Latin America would be a separate chart. Thank you.

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