Facebook offers COVID-19 self-reporting survey for epidemiologists’ research

Facebook is offering a new way to help health organizations in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. Now, about a new survey that Facebook’s users will be able to fill out and therefore provide info about the virus spread, as part of a research program done by Carnegie Mellon University.

The survey option will be available for American users as a link in the top section of the News Feed page. Researchers will be able to identify places in need for medical resources as well as create maps with self-reported coronavirus infections. Facebook stated that if the approach is successful, ...