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Can Twitter predict outbreaks of the norovirus?

Radio 4 in Four

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The Food Standards Agency has been using Twitter to predict outbreaks of the ‘winter vomiting bug’. They want to warn the public as cases of Norovirus start to rise, rather than after they have seen a peak in lab reports. Dr Sian Thomas explains to Tim Harford how social media can help. First broadcast on More or Less, 27 November 2016.

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