Cityzenith White Paper Addresses Pandemic Intelligence

An architect and a doctor face infectious diseases. They’re from different continents, but more than just 3,000 miles of ocean separates them. Michael Jansen, CEO and founder of Chicago-based Cityzenith, lives in the present day COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. John Snow lived in London during the cholera epidemic of 1854. The epidemic in central London confirmed Dr. Snow’s theory that contaminated water carried the bacteria, causing the disease. Using fatality data, victim’s addresses and a detailed map, Dr. Snow narrowed the bacteria’s possible sources to a specific public water pump. His work remains a model of statistical graphing. Flash forward to 2020. Michael Jansen’s means of presenting data blends the integrity of Dr. Snow’s methodology with leading-edge data science and informatics. Despite living 166 years apart, their methods have advantages in common. They share the primacy of starting with a good idea. Michael Jansen’s good idea is SmartWorldPro, his firm’s offering …