Vira for Parents

You can't be everywhere your kids are. Vira can.

When something starts spreading near your child's school or daycare, Vira tells you before the school nurse sends home a note.

By the time you hear about it, your kid already has it.

Parents find out about school outbreaks from other parents, two or three days after the first cases appear. The chain is slow: a child gets sick, misses school, comes back, and tells a friend, who tells a parent, who mentions it in a group chat.

Schools send home letters when the outbreak is already peaking. By then, your child has been sitting in the same classroom, eating in the same cafeteria, and sharing the same water fountain with kids who were contagious but not yet visibly sick.

The CDC tracks outbreaks at a national level. Not your specific zip code. Not this week. Vira does.

3 to 5 days

Average delay between outbreak start and school notification

Norovirus

Most common school-age outbreak pathogen, active year-round, not just winter

ZIP code level

How precisely Vira monitors outbreak activity near the locations you care about

How Vira helps parents

School area monitoring

Vira watches disease activity near the locations you care about. Add your child's school zip code and she'll flag anything unusual before it reaches the front office.

Family Watch

Set up a watch for the city or neighborhood where your family lives. Vira alerts you when outbreak reports rise above normal, so you know what's circulating in your community.

Ask anything, anytime

Text Vira directly. "Is there a stomach bug going around in Austin right now?" She checks live surveillance data and replies in seconds, not a news article from last month.

See Vira in action

Is there a stomach bug going around near my kids' school in Naperville?
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There's elevated norovirus activity in the Naperville area. 14 reports in the past week, trending up. Peak age group: 5 to 12. Good time to remind your kids about handwashing.
What should I do if my daughter is showing symptoms?
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Keep her home and hydrated. Norovirus is highly contagious for 48 hours after symptoms resolve. Most cases clear in 1 to 3 days. Watch for signs of dehydration in young kids.

Set up a Family Watch in 30 seconds

Tell Vira where your family is. She'll monitor that location and alert you when outbreak activity rises, before it becomes a headline.

Start your Family Watch
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Watch my family in Austin, Texas
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Family Watch created for Austin, TX. I'll alert you when disease activity rises above normal in your area. You can ask me about specific outbreaks anytime.

Don't wait for the school to tell you.

Vira is watching. Text her.

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