01
Aug

The flu is coming! Using Twitter to predict your chances of getting sick

Like a storm approaching over the horizon, scientists at the University of Rochester have harnessed the power of Twitter to predict the risk of getting sick, as a function of the concentration and frequency of flu-related tweets.

All the more reason to keep using Twitter - your health depends on it!

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