Will i be ill (WIBI) is a real-time, interactive web application that empowers users to participate in influenza (flu) surveillance, helps raise awareness of flu activity around users and educates participants with extensive links and news updates from the CDC and Flu.gov. By logging into Facebook, users have the unique ability to participate in flu surveillance and prevention. Users can report and notify their friends about symptoms they are experiencing and where they believe they became ill. Users are also given the option to report their symptoms and location of infection privately. Using the profile provided by will i be ill, users will also have the ability to "Wish Well" their ill friends by posting a message to their Facebook profile. Additionally, WIBI raises awareness of the spread of disease by providing county-wide data to its users. By mapping your reported location to a specific locality, WIBI provides data that is more specific and real-time than the state-level data current surveillance systems provide. In addition to user-submitted reports, state flu surveillance data from the CDC and Google Flu Trends are also displayed. WIBI's links to flu information from the CDC and Flu.gov include a flu fact sheet, information on how to fight the flu, tips on what to do when you're ill, state flu information and a flu vaccination locator. RSS feeds from CDC and Flu.gov are also provided to WIBI users. WIBI is a web application that is open to all users on any platform with a web browser: computer, mobile devices and tablets. A Facebook profile is the only requirement to start participating in real-time flu surveillance. WIBI was specially developed using web technologies that are optimized to deliver real-time data and scale, offering its users the most up-to-date illness reporting available online. Because we respect our users and depend on them for accurate reporting, WIBI has extensive user privacy guarantees. No data is shared with other organizations and all data transmitted to and from WIBI is secured with 256-bit SSL encryption. WIBI works best on modern web browsers: Firefox 3+, Chrome, Safari, and Internet Explorer 9. WIBI is available and functional on mobile and tablet platforms: iOS (iPad and iPhone) and Android.

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