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It's interesting that Google is doing this rather than some government organization. What's Google's motivation? Is it purely altruistic, a PR move, an experiment, or does it have some direct benefit to them?



Maybe the mythical 20% time is back. Or they want Zika to stay out of their self-insurance pool. Googly Googs gonna goog.


20% time was never removed, it was always in place. (there was just some miscommunication about this I guess since people here keep saying it was removed)

And this is something done by Verily, not Google (even if it's an Alphabet company)




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