re: #452 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

At least doctors and experts can still keep track with Google. /half sarc…

The CDC has found that the google searches for flu symptoms is a good gauge for outbreaks, and they’ve taken to monitoring the data that Google accumulates on health queries to help alert people to health crises.

It’s not a substitute for the work that the CDC does, but it can help alert doctors on the ground who need to know if something’s brewing.