Announcing FluSight Challenge 2022/23
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 How severe will the US's flu season be? We've launched [FluSight Challenge 2022/23](https://www.metaculus.com/tournament/flusight-challenge22-23/) to deliver forecasts on the timing and severity of the flu season to public health officials and healthcare providers, potentially reducing the season's impact. This will be the Metaculus community's second annual contribution to the yearly [FluSight](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/flusight/index.html) forecasting efforts of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Forecasts will inform decision-making on: * treatment timing * community mitigation efforts * resource and personnel distribution * hospital preparation For this project we're excited to collaborate closely with our research partners, returning and new: * Lehigh University computational scientist Thomas McAndrew, who leads the Computational Uncertainty Lab * University of Massachusetts biostatistician Evan Ray, who develops infectious disease forecasting models * Georgia Institute of Technology biomedical engineer and lecturer Todd Fernandez ### Tournament Structure For six US states—New York, Florida, California, Texas, Arizona, and Pennsylvania—forecast questions will ask for flu hospitalizations for dates spaced two weeks apart. These forecasts will serve as inputs to a computational model that will project flu counts for every state and territory in the US. Learn more about the model [here](https://www.metaculus.com/tournament/flusight-challenge22-23/#:~:text=Flu%20Hospitalizations%20Data-,Model%20Description,-Note%3A%20In%20addition). A $5,000 prize pool will be awarded. Thank you to the Metaculus community for sharing your valuable insights: Your forecasts contribute to a more effective public health response and can lead to a reduction in flu-associated hospitalizations and deaths.