Facebook Symptom Surveys

[mpreusse]

With more than 2 billion people on the Facebook app, we are in a unique position to support COVID-19 research. In partnership with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and University of Maryland (UMD), Facebook users are invited to participate in a survey that asks about how they are feeling, including any symptoms they or members of their household have experienced and their risk factors for contracting COVID-19. Sampled users receive the invitation at the top of their News Feed, but the surveys are conducted and collected off the Facebook app by our partners. Facebook does not collect, store, or receive survey responses, and university partners do not know who took the survey. The surveys may be used to generate new insights on how to respond to the crisis, including forecasting and modeling efforts.

https://research.fb.com/blog/2020/05/expanding-support-for-covid-19-research-through-the-symptom-surveys/

[Jiros]

Data sets that are closer to patients and symptoms etc are not so easy to integrate into Covid*Graph. Need additional expertise on the medical/molecular side to incorporate these data sets.