Hello @hrbrmstr, another great package!
I am intersted in the ILInet data but I think the current package only returns what http://currents.plos.org/outbreaks/index.html%3Fp=39911.html#ref7 calls the gold standard.
That is, the ILInet data that was deemed as final and not available in real time.
Instead, the historical datasets seems to be available at the following address
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2013-2014/data/senAllregt08.htm
Where the 8 in senAllregt08 means this is the ILI data that was current during week 8 of the 2013-2014 episode. If you pull the data for the next week
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2013-2014/data/senAllregt09.htm
you will notice that PAST ILI values may have been revised/modified.
It is very important to keep track of revisions over time because one really want to use the information that was really available at the time of the forecast. In other words, at during week T you only know the data shown in senAllregtT.htm
Is this something you can incorporate in the package? Perhaps we should store these as a list column. Let me know what you think
Thanks!
Hello @hrbrmstr, another great package!
I am intersted in the
ILInetdata but I think the current package only returns what http://currents.plos.org/outbreaks/index.html%3Fp=39911.html#ref7 calls thegold standard.That is, the ILInet data that was deemed as final and not available in real time.
Instead, the historical datasets seems to be available at the following address
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2013-2014/data/senAllregt08.htm
Where the
8insenAllregt08means this is theILIdata that was current during week 8 of the 2013-2014 episode. If you pull the data for the next weekhttps://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2013-2014/data/senAllregt09.htm
you will notice that PAST
ILIvalues may have been revised/modified.It is very important to keep track of revisions over time because one really want to use the information that was really available at the time of the forecast. In other words, at during week T you only know the data shown in
senAllregtT.htmIs this something you can incorporate in the package? Perhaps we should store these as a list column. Let me know what you think
Thanks!