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Regular features include S’M (Social Media) Tuesday, Thriv’Able Thursday, and S’Monday (Social Media) Tips.
Thriv’Able Thursday (II): Flu Season
Contributed by Rick DeVan on June 10, 2010 at 6:05 am ET
Resource: It’s flu o’clock somewhere
Resource: Google Flu Trends
We (Google) now show national estimates (and a few regions too!) of flu activity for Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, and Uruguay, bringing our grand total of countries with Google Flu Trends estimates to 28
Google Flu Trends has expanded to the southern hemisphere, where it is already flu season.
Filed under Life, Work, and Society, Thrivability
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Thriv’Able Thursday (I): Researching Flu Trends
Contributed by Rick DeVan on May 20, 2010 at 7:00 am ET
Resource: Researching with Google Flu Trends. Via Google.org Blog
When creating Google Flu Trends, we decided early on to make all of our estimates of flu activity available to the public for download. We’re always excited to hear about researchers using this data and recently learned about a study which compares Google Flu Trends estimates of flu activity with estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A good use of Google Flu Trends.
Filed under News and Announcements
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