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Swine Flu/H1N1 Google Searches as Early Indicators

I’ve been thinking about how the volume of Google searches (or more likely, Twitter and Facebook status updates) could be used to track swine flu/H1N1 activity.  I recently noticed that “real” scientists have been looking at this, too.
The journal “Nature” published an article titled “Detecting influenza epidemics using search engine query data” in November of [...]

Swine flu & H1N1 - what’s on our minds?

My own consciousness/anxiety level about H1N1 has been sharply on the rise over the last few weeks (this could have something to do with a pediatricians’ office asking patients to call in daily to find out when the vaccine is available.  Seriously? You want all your clients to call you every day to check? This [...]