<p>As if <a href="/health/the-five-worst-government-responses-to-swine-flu" title="">bad government responses</a> to swine flu aren't enough, now there are bad technical ones too: a <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/30/want-to-avoid-swine-flu-theres-an-app-for-that-too/?awesm=tcrn.ch_12s&amp;utm_medium=tcrn.ch-twitter&amp;utm_content=techcrunch-autopost&amp;utm_campaign=techcrunch&amp;utm_source=direct-tcrn.ch" title="">swine flu iPhone app</a> that keeps tabs on the status of the pandemic (<a href="http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html" title="">is it one yet?</a>) and maps the latest cases. So, um, if you're planning a trip to Mexico City on the go, your phone can now warn you not to. <em>Image: IntuApps</em> Related Content: 80beats: <a href="/health/world-health-organization-ups-pandemic-alert-level-for-swine-flu" title="">World Health Organization Ups Pandemic Alert Level for Swine Flu</a> 80beats: <a href="/health/first-us-death-from-swine-flu-is-reported-as-outbreak-spreads" title="">First U.S. Death From Swine Flu Is Reported as Outbreak Spreads</a> DISCOVER: <a href="/health/the-five-worst-government-responses-to-swine-flu" title="">The Five Worst Government Responses to Swine Flu</a></p><div class="vert-display-toggle collapsible relative flex flex-col items-center "><div class="vert-unit mt-4 mb-3 top-20"><div ad-type="mobile-desktop" class="ad-wrapper vert min-h-boombox flex items-start justify-center" data-ad-mapping="inline" data-ad-slot="Discover/inline-ad" id="div-inline-ad-0"></div></div><span aria-label="Advertisement" class="text-ad mt-1 text-[11px] uppercase">Advertisement</span></div>

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Explore the bad government responses to swine flu and how tech solutions, like an iPhone app, failed to address the crisis effectively.

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Worried About Swine Flu? Perhaps Your iPhone Will Save You

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Rachel Cernansky

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As if bad government responses to swine flu aren't enough, now there are bad technical ones too: a swine flu iPhone app that keeps tabs on the status of the pandemic (is it one yet?) and maps the latest cases. So, um, if you're planning a trip to Mexico City on the go, your phone can now warn you not to. Image: IntuApps Related Content: 80beats: World Health Organization Ups Pandemic Alert Level for Swine Flu 80beats: First U.S. Death From Swine Flu Is Reported as Outbreak Spreads DISCOVER: The Five Worst Government Responses to Swine Flu

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