“Loss of smell” Google search now trending in West Virginia, Nebraska, Nevada

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 10:25 PM UTC

Zaheer wrote: post #10

Apologies for being ignorant - what's the context here?

Post by chrisseaton » Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 10:30 PM UTC

mistersquid wrote: post #11

Zaheer wrote: post #10

Apologies for being ignorant - what's the context here?

Loss of smell is a signal symptom of COVID-19.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 10:37 PM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #14

mistersquid wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Loss of smell is a signal symptom of COVID-19.

> signal symptom What's the difference between a 'signal symptom' and a normal 'symptom'? Aren't all symptoms signals?

Post by ravar » Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 10:38 PM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #14

mistersquid wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Loss of smell is a signal symptom of COVID-19.

> signal symptom What's the difference between a 'signal symptom' and a normal 'symptom'? Aren't all symptoms signals?

Post by travmatt » Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 10:42 PM UTC

SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #4

bentcorner wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So.. what's going on in Nigeria? https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=NG&q=%22loss%20...

Exactly what that trend suggests, most likely. Nigeria has 245k (!!) tuberculosis deaths a year, so it's entirely plausible IMO that they could fail to notice an uncontrolled epidemic of a different pneumonia-causing disease.