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How Twitter Tracks the Flu
Twitter can be used to track outbreaks of the flu?
New research suggests Twitter葉he social-media site best known for spot news and cat GIFs幼an also be used to pinpoint flu outbreaks. A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University found that tweets are an accurate predictor of where cases of the flu are highly concentrated.