Coronavirus: Facebook launches UK Covid-19 symptom survey
Facebook is to begin asking selected UK users whether they have had symptoms of Covid-19, later on Wednesday.Facebook said it would not have access to users’ health data but would simply pass it on to CMU.
One expert said data from the surveys would be useful to scientists but probably not, on its own, reveal much about the disease.Users have been asked questions about their health and whether they have experienced any common symptoms of Covid-19, such as a persistent cough or a fever. And CMU analysts intend “within a few weeks” to use data from the surveys and other sources to forecast how many Covid-19 hospital and intensive care admissions are likely in specific areas.showing its estimated proportion of people with Covid-19 in areas across the US.“The Covid-19 outbreak is presenting us with big challenges in terms of estimating prevalence in the population,” he told BBC News.
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