Tracking COVID-19 using taste and smell loss Google searches is not a reliable strategy
Published in Scientific Reports, 2020
Recommended citation: Asseo, K., Fierro, F., Slavutsky, Y., Frasnelli, J., & Niv, M. Y. (2020). "Tracking COVID-19 using taste and smell loss Google searches is not a reliable strategy." Scientific Reports. 10(1), 1-8.
Due to shortage of COVID-19 tests, several groups proposed relying on Google searches of known symptoms, in order to track new COVID-19 cases. In this paper we explored this conjecture.