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Google Flu Trends - US Flu Activity High (google.org)
10 points by kcy 6106 days ago
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jhickner 6106 days ago
Looks scary, but are trending search terms still reliable when those terms are all over the news?
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roc 6106 days ago
Indeed.

I'd imagine searches for 'kidnapping' spike every time a pretty young white woman goes missing too.

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Anon84 6106 days ago
For more up to date information and projections: www.gleamviz.org (pardon the shameless self promotion)
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bhseo 6106 days ago
The other 3 country graphs show business as usual. I'd say it's mostly because everyone in the US is freaking out.
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