These are the daily new confirmed cases of H1N1 as reported by the World Health Organization in their situation updates versus Google’s search volume for H1N1 or swine flu.
H1N1 Swine Flu vs. Google
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Did you do any correlation analysis with piracy and/or global warming?
You thinking I should go for an ignobel?
I realize it’s because I just had an Economics class, but that looks similar to a “Profit Lens”.
I suppose we could call this the “Irrational Fear Lens”. Move outside of it, and it’s not profitable for newspapers to print fear-mongering stories anymore.
I think that proves conclusively that googling for Swine Flu *gives you swine flu*.
Holy crap, it’s a mixture of Avian Flu, Human Flu, Pig Flu, and Bloody Mary!