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Re:Google Flu Trends - US Flu Activity High by jhickner on Friday September 25, 2009 @03:20AM (#843069)
Looks scary, but are trending search terms still reliable when those terms are all over the news?
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Re:Google Flu Trends - US Flu Activity High by roc on Friday September 25, 2009 @10:52AM (#843550)
Indeed.

I'd imagine searches for 'kidnapping' spike every time a pretty young white woman goes missing too.

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