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GoogleMedicine
2008-11-12, 7:35 AM #1
Okay, not quite.

Basically, researchers are using Google/Google Trends to identify flu outbreaks up to two weeks before the CDC is able to.

http://www.google.org/about/flutrends/how.html

[http://www.google.org/images/flutrends/annual_cdc_comparison.png]
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2008-11-12, 9:26 AM #2
That is really really cool. Google is awesome.
2008-11-12, 12:45 PM #3
cool, that is sweet.

google, is there anything it can't do?
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2008-11-12, 11:00 PM #4
So if results are based directly on terms entered, of what percent of the US population is affected by the "jungle fever"?
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2008-11-13, 3:56 AM #5
this is genius, I echo alpha's statement - google is all-powerful!
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