https://www.iarpa.gov/index.php/newsroom/iarpa-in-the-news/2015/461-the-embers-project-can-predict-the-future-with-twitter
Is this why "embers" was in quotation marks in POTUS tweet?
"Coronavirus deaths are way down. Mortality rate is one of the lowest in the World. Our Economy is roaring back and will NOT be shut down. “Embers” or flare ups will be put out, as necessary!"
With enough data and quality predictive analytics, it would make sense that the future could be predicted. Or at least given a probability that an event would occur.
This project is a few years old, but still.
https://dac.cs.vt.edu/research-project/embers/