Just a few quick interesting links:
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Google Map of H1N1 Swine Flu Cases
(HT:
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Cases and Images - Blog)
Google Flu Trends
We'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.
Veratect Swine Flu Twitter feed
Best of luck to all.
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wow the swine flue could kill us all but it will not
hi the swine flue probly wont kill anyone in oregon or waashing ton. its the dumb asses that traveld to mexico and brought the swine flue back to use ass holes fuck them
is there anything Google can't do?