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		far33d on May 14, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Get started, entrepreneurs. You're living in an ex... Isn't there already a web2.0 twitter type site that tracks illnesses just like pogue describes in this article?

adrianh on May 14, 2007 [–]

Yes, indeed: http://whoissick.org/sickness/

Alex3917 on May 14, 2007 | [–]

IIRC, this idea was proposed by Fred Wilson on his blog a few months before this site launched. Not sure if the founders got the idea there or independently. Either way, Pogue's idea here isn't that original.

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