Google Flu Trends Show High Sickness Levels



Google Flu Trends Indicates High Sickness Levels Across U.S. (via slashdot)

There are indications that flu cases are up this year—as anyone who’s spent time on a bus or subway filled with coughing people can gladly attest. And Google is doing its best to monitor the spread via Google Flu Trends, which crunches millions of flu-related search queries in hopes of mapping…



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