Question

Pandemic series: a significant flu pandemic by 2025?

Resolved:No

12 comments12

Total Forecasters112

Community Prediction

16%

(10% - 33%)

Make a Prediction

50%

community: 16%

Did this actually happen?No

Community Baseline Score

46.3

Community Peer Score

46.4

Authors:

Anthony

Opened:

Jun 15, 2016

Closes:

Jan 1, 2018

Resolves:

Jan 1, 2025

Spot Scoring Time:

Jun 16, 2016

Pandemic Series (2018)

Health & Pandemics

Natural Sciences

2016-2025 Leaderboard

World Health Organization

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Epidemiology

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