Can Google searches help to predict Covid peaks?
Feb 24, 2021
2 minutes
Before the pandemic, health experts typically advised the public not to research their ailments online. Ask Dr Google about your symptoms and you could end up severely misdiagnosing your condition, making it sound much better or worse than it really is. Hypochondriacs especially ran the risk of disappearing down a rabbit hole of misplaced anxiety.
But Covid-19 has changed all that.
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