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Will Big Data save us from Ebola? Where does it provide its real value?

#Ebola spreads faster on Twitter than the real disease, and the Earth is living the nightmares shown many times by Hollywood. How can Big Data help us? A few days before Ebola was declared epidemic, HealthMap developed an algorithm to detect and predict how the haemorrhagic fever would evolve. Scientist are not yet convinced about its potential, but it is now clear to the global community that IT can really help. [...]

 

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Will Big Data save us from Ebola? Where does it provide its real value?.