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GreenStormCloud

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5. Why? Sounds reasonable to me.

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 11:38 AM

Oct 2013

On Twitter & FB people talk about what is happening in their daily lives.

All sales at stores are scanned into the computer nowdays and have been for over 20 years. So the cooperate headquarters knows very quickly when & where sales of flu meds are rising. It is reasonable to assume that people buy flu meds when they get the flu. Most people don't go to a doctor when they have the flu, they just tough it out. So it is entirely reasonable that sales data would reflect flu outbreaks.

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What If a Flu Breaks Out When CDC Can�t Track It? [View all] xchrom Oct 2013 OP

Oh whatever. A little flu never killed anyone. progressoid Oct 2013 #1

Sure. That's a states'-rights issue. Orsino Oct 2013 #19

Twitter, Facebook, CVS and Walgreens will know first FarCenter Oct 2013 #2

sounds like a bunch of horseshit. nt xchrom Oct 2013 #4

Why? Sounds reasonable to me. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #5

DIY epidemiology analysis xchrom Oct 2013 #7

Except many people with a common cold use flu remedies. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #10

Could Facebook Warn You Before You Get the Flu? FarCenter Oct 2013 #6

it sounds like the USA is forgetting the melm00se Oct 2013 #9

Yep. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #12

Epidemiologists studying exactly that seem to disagree with you, but hey. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2013 #15

epidemiologists know what the fuck they're looking at, but hey...nt xchrom Oct 2013 #20

Thank you for agreeing with me! (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2013 #21

It's already breaking out. lonestarnot Oct 2013 #3

Beat me to it! graywarrior Oct 2013 #8

That's actually Cancer. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #11

Ooohhh, sorry! graywarrior Oct 2013 #13

You say Tea Party', I say ' Cancer'...both are virulent blights on humanity. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #14

NOW we're getting clear! graywarrior Oct 2013 #17

I'd describe the Tea Party more in terms of projectile Tourette's. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2013 #16

Maybe we can ask the WHO to step in. kentauros Oct 2013 #18