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Document the terms used in GHT
Currently anosmia. Not pushing yet, because this is subject to correction once we investigate. See cmu-delphi/covidcast-indicators#138
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## Estimation
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We query the Google Health Trends API for overall searcher interest in a set of
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COVID-19 related terms which encompass the following topics: coronavirus
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symptoms; coronavirus help; coronavirus test-seeking; anosmia (lack of smell or
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taste). The API provides data at the Nielsen Designated Marketing Area (DMA)
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level and at the State level. This information reported by the API is unitless
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and pre-normalized for population size; i.e., the time series obtained for New
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York and Wyoming states are directly comparable. The public has access to a
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limited view of such information through [Google
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Trends](https://trends.google.com).
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COVID-19 related terms about anosmia (lack of smell or taste), which emerged as
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a symptom of the coronavirus. The specific terms are:
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* "why cant i smell or taste"
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* "loss of smell"
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* "loss of taste"
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* Anosmia generally, by querying for topics linked by Google to the anosmia item
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in the Freebase knowledge graph (ID `/m/0m7pl`)
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The API provides data at the Nielsen Designated Marketing Area (DMA) level and
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at the State level. This information reported by the API is unitless and
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pre-normalized for population size; i.e., the time series obtained for New York
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and Wyoming states are directly comparable. The public has access to a limited
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view of such information through [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com).
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DMA-level data are aggregated to the MSA and HRR level through
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population-weighted averaging.

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