A study has found a link between a spike in certain Google searches and the development of COVID-19 hotspots a month later. 9News
has found a link between a spike in Google searches for certain ailments and the development of COVID-19 hotspots a month later.Trends tools to study search trends by state during the period between January 20 to April 20 this year.They found a spike in searches for gastrointestinal symptoms preceded the rise in COVID-19 cases in that state in the following weeks.
The study, published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, specifically found searches for loss of taste and loss of appetite correlated most strongly with the rise inThis was the case in New York, New Jersey, California, Massachusetts and Illinois. All the states presented high case numbers three to four weeks after the spike in searches.
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