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The researchers compared data from the application and from covid symptoms. As a result, they found that cough and fever were not the most common symptoms. According to experts, the most cited symptom most reliably signals that you have been infected with coronavirus.
The most common symptom of coronavirus infection is there was a loss of taste and smell. The findings came from a comparison of data obtained during the first wave of the pandemic. People recorded in the British ZOE application, in the American Facebook survey and in the Israeli coronavirus application. On new study scientists from the University of Maryland and King’s College London pointed out Mirror news server.
Each platform analyzed is different, but all allow users to monitor for signs of infection on their own. According to researchers, if someone reported a loss of smell and taste, they were up to 17 times more likely to be infected with the virus.
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“Loss of smell and taste was consistently the strongest symptom predicted by a positive test. It did not matter the person’s age, gender or the severity of the disease,” the researchers said in the study.
At the beginning of the pandemic, the application used data on symptoms from reports and testing of millions of users to confirm that olfactory loss, fever and cough could predict infection without testing.
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Months later, the latest research has shown that loss of smell and taste is still key to knowing if we are infected. According to experts, this is especially important when we do not have access to testing.
Researchers have worked together across nationalities to see if different populations have the same symptoms of coronavirus infection. In total, they obtained data from more than ten million people who recorded their symptoms on one of the platforms. They also analyzed over half a million tests for coronavirus.
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