November 13, 2008
correlation
Google Flu Trends is one way to look at the data. Again, correlation does not mean causation. I would say most of the Google search peaking occurred after CDC peak. However, CDC is always revising its data. I would very interested in the correlation coefficient and p value.
Another use of Google is analysis of virus strands. However, this area isn't Google's primary expertise and though Google has the right idea, I'm not sure if their current tool kit fits. Google does do very well in virus surveillance. I believe that if a significant virus analysis tool is to be built; it has to be built from the inside and won't be done by a couple of tech guys.
Google article also mentions the Arenavirus. I had to double check the date to make sure I understood that the virus had been sequenced in less than four months. Also, earlier this week, a paper documenting a genome sequence of a cancer patient. BTW, the two companies represented, 454 Life Sciences and Illumina.
Posted by azileretsis at November 13, 2008 05:11 PM
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