Posted on Mon 27 April 2009

Google Trends and the Flu

Searches for “influenza” (blue) and “gripa” (red) in the Distrito Federal (Mexico City). The uptick since March 22 in influenza searches was not statistically significant. Funny how the news volume went way up in last days of April ;)

Update: Experimental Flu Trends for Mexico

(the first flu case in Mexico surfaced March 17)

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