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| 2008 (November) || Surveillance || {{w|Influenza}} || {{w|Google Flu Trends}} is launched as a {{w|web service}} operated by {{w|Google}}, with aims at providing estimates of influenza activity in over 25 countries. By aggregating Google Search queries, GFT attempts to make accurate predictions about flu activity.<ref>{{cite web |title=Google Flu Trends" Found to Be Nearly on Par with CDC Surveillance Data |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/google-flu-trends-on-par-with-cdc-data/#:~:text=Google%20Flu%20Trends%20was%20launched,with%20results%20in%2038%20languages. |website=scientificamerican.com |accessdate=29 July 2020}}</ref> DFT would be proposed as a method to estimate influenza-like illness (ILI) in the general population and to be used in conjunction with traditional surveillance systems.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kandula |first1=Sasikiran |title=Reappraising the utility of Google Flu Trends |doi=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007258 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6693776/#:~:text=Google%20Flu%20Trends%20(GFT)%20was,were%20often%20overestimates%20of%20ILI.}}</ref> ||
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| 2009 (April) || {{w|Social distancing}} || {{w|Influenza}} || During the {{w|Swine flu pandemic}} "April 2009, United States President {{w|Barack Obama gave }} gives a press conference and recommended recommends that schools with confirmed or suspected cases of [[w:Influenza A virus subtype H1N1|H1N1 influenza ]] close temporarily, and businesses and parents should "think about contingency plans if their children do have to stay home."<ref>{{cite web |title=Then vs. Now: How Social Distancing Became a Fixture of Public Health |url=https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/42152348/then-vs-now-the-history-of-social-distancing |website=wrcbtv.com |accessdate=31 July 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2009 || Publication || || The {{w|World Health Organization}} publishes ''Natural ventilation for infection control in health-care settings''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Natural ventilation for infection control in health-care settings |url=https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/natural_ventilation/en/ |website=who.int |accessdate=19 May 2020}}</ref> ||
