Woody
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????? These paragraphs are from the same link you posted earlier. It sounds like two different things/purposes.Alphabet’s Verily launches its California COVID-19 test screening site in a limited pilot.
Exactly as I posted. Site went live Monday morning for the BAY AREA ONLY
https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcr...9-test-screening-site-in-a-limited-pilot/amp/
Helping people find useful information
We’re partnering with the U.S. government in developing a website dedicated to COVID-19 education, prevention, and local resources nationwide. This includes best practices on prevention, links to authoritative information from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and helpful tips and tools from Google for individuals, teachers and businesses. We’ll be rolling out an initial version of the website late Monday, March 16, and we’ll continue to enhance and update it with more resources on an ongoing basis.
Advancing health research and science
Alphabet’s Verily, which is focused on health and life sciences, is working in collaboration with California state, local and federal health authorities to help establish testing sites in the San Francisco Bay Area, and on an online tool to increase risk screening and testing for people at high risk of COVID-19. Californians will be able to take an online COVID-19 screener survey through Verily’s Project Baseline, and those who meet eligibility and requirements for testing will be directed to mobile testing sites based on capacity. While Verily is in the early stages of this pilot program, the plan is to expand to other locations over time.
This link verifies there are two different projects being worked on. https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/14/w...ening-site-will-roll-out-monday-for-bay-area/
The official Twitter account of Google’s communications department also posted the following statement tonight. In it, Google says it is “partnering with the U.S. government in developing a nationwide website that includes information about COVID-19 symptoms, risk and testing information.” This is not, however, the screening site that Verily is working on, Google stresses.