EBOLA MAP: 500k Africans' Movements Tracked Via Cellphone

[OddOne]

Wanna see what half a million people in Africa in the Ebola outbreak epicenter did travel-wise, based on cellphone locations?

Check this out: Linky!

Lots of useful charts there, but this one is telling:

Consider that Americans are MUCH MORE mobile than this, and unconfirmed reports of multiple cases in multiple states are flying through the board.

 

[frazbo]

Wonder what it'd look like in THIS country? Everybody, but me and my family, have cell phones!

 

[Housecarl]

Wonder what it'd look like in THIS country? Everybody, but me and my family, have cell phones!

Yeah, I'd suspect that the major metro areas would be a solid color with streaks across CONUS following the major air routes.

 

[ittybit]

A point of interest: each nation only has lines within its boundries. Each national TELECOM organization (and thet are usual government monopolies) probably can only track phones in its database. One from another country may not show on this list.

 

[AlaskaSue]

Wow, thanks OO! Some good info at the link!