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is the loss of taste and smell. We’ve all heard about this symptom, but with thousands of people downloading an app and entering any symptoms daily and tracking outcomes.

“Two-thirds of those who later tested positive for the virus — about 15,000 people — had self-reported the loss of taste and smell, the study found. Fever and cough — symptoms that have been considered the most reliable indicators of infection — ranked fourth and fifth on the list.

“At the moment, we’re mostly gathering data on the tip of the iceberg from those who are really sick and show up at the hospital. But there is a brobdingnagian iceberg below of people with mild symptoms who we know are major culprits for community spread,” said Dr. Chan, who is also chief of clinical and translational epidemiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. “We have no ability to track these people at home and that’s a real problem.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/health/coronavirus-symptoms-app.html

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is the loss of taste and smell. We’ve all heard about this symptom, but with thousands of people downloading an app and entering any symptoms daily and tracking outcomes.

“Two-thirds of those who later tested positive for the virus — about 15,000 people — had self-reported the loss of taste and smell, the study found. Fever and cough — symptoms that have been considered the most reliable indicators of infection — ranked fourth and fifth on the list.

“At the moment, we’re mostly gathering data on the tip of the iceberg from those who are really sick and show up at the hospital. But there is a brobdingnagian iceberg below of people with mild symptoms who we know are major culprits for community spread,” said Dr. Chan, who is also chief of clinical and translational epidemiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. “We have no ability to track these people at home and that’s a real problem.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/health/coronavirus-symptoms-app.html