This sounds like a larger implementation of the models pathologists use to try and predict the infection rate of a disease. Considering the amount of computing power needed for that, such a service might be prohibitively expensive- at least in the near future.
I'm wondering if there would be a way for participants to place some skin in the game, besides a connection to prediction markets.
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