{"id":66,"date":"2008-12-02T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-717562-3556122.cloudwaysapps.com\/updates\/?p=66"},"modified":"2023-12-05T18:52:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T23:52:42","slug":"google-trumps-the-cdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/answerstat.com\/article\/google-trumps-the-cdc\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Trumps the CDC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><div id='c7390_0_1' class='sam-pro-container sam-pro-ad' data-spc='1' style='display:flex; justify-content: center; flex-direction: row;'><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/peterlyledehaan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/answerstat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Peter-Lyle-DeHaan.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Lyle DeHaan, Publisher and Editor of AnswerStat\" class=\"wp-image-12654\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Google announced that it knows about flu outbreaks before the CDC (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) \u2014 really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s an amazingly simple, yet elegant solution. Using their vast database of user searches, Google has determined that they can predict and report on a flu outbreak up to two weeks before the (CDC), merely by watching for an increase in flu related searches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Website google.org\/flutrends, &#8220;We&#8217;ve found that certain search terms are good indicators of flu activity. Google Flu Trends uses aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity in your state up to two weeks faster than traditional flu surveillance systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check it out \u2014 especially the demo in the &#8220;How does this work&#8221; section \u2014 it\u2019s really quite interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, at this point in the flu season, we&#8217;re doing better than most years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/peterlyledehaan.com\/\"><em>Peter Lyle DeHaan<\/em><\/a><em>, PhD, is the publisher and editor-in-chief of <\/em>AnswerStat.<em> He\u2019s a passionate wordsmith whose goal is to change the world one word at a time.<\/em><\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD Google announced that it knows about flu outbreaks before the CDC (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) \u2014 really. &#8230; <a title=\"Google Trumps the CDC\" class=\"read-more\" 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