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If you look at Canada[1], there was a larger spike (than the current trend in Canada) around October 2009. [Under "Past Years" select "2009-2010" to see just th
by pyre 14y ago
If you look at Canada[1], there was a larger spike (than the current trend in Canada) around October 2009. [Under "Past Years" select "2009-2010" to see just that plot.]
[1] http://www.google.org/flutrends/ca/#CA http://www.google.org/flutrends/ca/#CA
- rbancroft 14y agoThat spike seems to exist in a lot of countries, including the US, France, etc.. My guess is that it has more to do with the swine flu panic than actual cases of flu.
- bparsons 14y agoYeah, you might recall that there was a huge push by public health officials to get folks to take the H1N1 vaccine. The actual flu that year was not that bad, so the spike was a bit of an anomaly.