Online searches can help foreshadow future COVID-19 surges and declines, new study shows

(New York University) Online searches for mobile and isolated activities can help to predict later surges and declines in COVID-19 cases, a team of researchers has found. Its findings, based on a four-month analysis of online searches, offer a potential means to anticipate the pathways of the pandemic--before new infections are reported.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news