Thursday, November 19, 2009

correlation between swine flu news and reported flu cases

I put together a video showing Google flu trends data in Glasshouse; really interesting data. Check out the anomalous bump that I found.



Perhaps the explanation for the jump in reported flu cases in the northern hemisphere during the week of April 26th, 2009 was due to the WHO issuing their first Disease Outbreak Notice regarding swine flu, on April 24th...

wikipedia timeline