Merge pull request #31 from reichlab/ls/update-index-page-and-eval-sets-based-on-cdc-season-eval

Update index page and eval sets based on CDC season eval

Author: lshandross

pages/index.qmd

@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ This is a dashboard for the [FluSight forecasting challenge](https://github.com/
 
 The target data for the FluSight challenge is hospitalizations with influenza as reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN); this data is publicly available through the CDC's [Weekly Hospital Respiratory Data (HRD) Metrics](https://data.cdc.gov/Public-Health-Surveillance/Weekly-Hospital-Respiratory-Data-HRD-Metrics-by-Ju/mpgq-jmmr/about_data) dataset.
 
-For the evaluations, we have excluded predictions for two reference dates that were substantively impacted by NHSN reporting issues: 2024-11-23 and 2025-01-25.
+For the evaluations, we have excluded predictions for certain locations or dates due to reporting concerns. Puerto Rico is omitted for the 2024-2025 season due to issues with data instability and backfill, and reference dates 2024-11-23 and 2025-01-25 are removed due to substantial impact from NHSN reporting issues.
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+Please note that the model performance results shown in this dashboard may not exactly match that of the results in the CDC's end of season short evaluation for FluSight 2024/2025, which additionally removed the following week and location combinations:
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+- Washington State's forecasts for reference dates 2025-05-17 through 2025 05-31
+- Arizona's forecasts for reference date 2025-01-18
 
 ::::{.callout-note}
 

predevals-config.yml

@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ eval_sets:
     - "54"
     - "55"
     - "56"
-    - "72"
     horizon:
     - 0
     - 1