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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.

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.