He fights or monitors the success of the distribution, a moot point, of course. In any case, I have no convincing evidence that Google is not involved in the spread of deadly viruses on the planet.
But to track the development of the flu epidemic, thanks to the
Google Flu Trends service, anyone can now.
The site is available in 37 languages, including Russian. And geographic coverage is still more modest. Only 20 countries. Mainly Europe, as well as the USA, Mexico, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
From the former USSR, only Russia and Ukraine are present.
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It is very convenient to compare the development of the epidemic by year. Data is available mainly since 2005 (may vary for different countries).
It is a pity that it is impossible to compare development in one year, but in different countries, it may eventually add such an opportunity.
In general, while the flu is looking at you, you can now look at the flu!
It looks like this:

For a number of countries statistics are available by region, but for some reason the United Kingdom has been forgotten unfairly.
“Influenza is a global threat that affects millions of people every year, so we are happy to provide our service in a large number of regions and in different languages,” Google reports
on its blog .
From myself, I can only wish all the readers of this record to be ill less in the coming winter.