Yep, great point. The wikipedia data does seem to be more real-time than the CDC data, which has a typical lag of 7-14 days. Obviously it has its downsides, inc

Yep, great point. The wikipedia data does seem to be more real-time than the CDC data, which has a typical lag of 7-14 days. Obviously it has its downsides, including lack of localization, basically zero clinical information, no demographic info, etc. Perhaps one day we will see a real-time API for anonymized influenza reports from electronic medical record data? Then that could be combined with wikipedia data and perhaps other social media data.