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Re:Launch HN: Dinesafe (YC S18) – Crowdsourcing Food Poisoni... by paddoq on Monday July 16, 2018 @03:52PM (#17544508)
From us the data to goes to the governing public health agency. Each spammer would need to individually re-present their case to that agency including a 72 hour food history, and potentially bio testing. The next steps can include epidemiolist, site visit, lab testing and more. The likelihood that everything could be falsified including lab tests with all these government officials is low, and it is only when a case passes through this process that a health agency will consider making an announcement such as "Restaurant X is the source of X pathogen causing X people to be sick"

We collect more than free form text.

Thanks

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Re:Launch HN: Dinesafe (YC S18) – Crowdsourcing Food Poisoni... by stevekemp on Monday July 16, 2018 @04:12PM (#17544673)
So if I went out to eat and got sick, I might think I'm performing a public-service by reporting it.

Then you come back to me and say "Hey your report was weird, go get some lab-tests done"? That seems like a situation which would deter most reporters.

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Re:Launch HN: Dinesafe (YC S18) – Crowdsourcing Food Poisoni... by paddoq on Monday July 16, 2018 @04:39PM (#17544873)
Once we receive and moderate your report. It will go to public health. There are many paths it can take from there. We don't require lab tests, that is just a potential scenario, most common where there is either an important (deadly) pathogen potentially involved, or if it appears to be potentially a larger outbreak, and it is a pathogen that can't be detected in the facility. It's not necessarily ever a requirement. What we offer to consumers is that if you speak up there is potential that your report can make a difference.
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Re:Launch HN: Dinesafe (YC S18) – Crowdsourcing Food Poisoni... by hjorthjort on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @06:06AM (#17548553)
Thank you for the clarification.
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