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Show HN: Tracking Flu Outbreaks with Wikipedia
I wrote a script to import Wikipedia traffic data for the Influenza page and graph it. (Updates daily)
Graph: http://www.additiveanalytics.com/solutions/flu_tracker
Inspired by this study published last week: http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003581#abstract1
The researchers found that Wikipedia page view data provided better real-time reporting on influenza outbreaks when compared to the CDC's data (which has a typical lag of 1-2 weeks) and Google Flu Trends (which had trouble with the 2012-2013 flu season and 2009 H1N1 panic.
Graph was done with d3.js.
- lauradhamilton 12y agoClickable link: http://www.additiveanalytics.com/solutions/flu_tracker http://www.additiveanalytics.com/solutions/flu_tracker
- dang 12y agoPosts without urls get penalized. You'd be better off posting this as a story using that link, then posting your text as a comment in the thread.
- lauradhamilton 12y agoThanks for the tip, dang. I resubmitted the story here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7641897 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7641897