In the era of development of the Internet and the availability of vast amounts of information in it, we are often easier to learn something in a search engine and does not refer to a specialist. Sometimes this is justified, but only not if it concerns our health. After all, often the consequences of wrong treatment can be worse than the disease itself. And recently this process interested in Google, which will report "where it is necessary" about those who are engaged in self-treatment thanks to the search engine.
In this case, "where necessary" - these are medical centers. If you are worried about your safety, then it is not worth it, since everything that Google has in mind is official and legal. The fact that Google Trends and Tweets with geolocation - it is public information that is open to everyone. And doctors have been analyzing it for a long time. For example, experts from the Center of control and prevention of diseases of the USA have identified a link between cases of syphilis outbreaks and online activity of people in these areas.
The history of queries in Google to search for some key words like "STD" (sexually transmitted diseases) and "Find Sex" (here it seems to us that translation is not required) is directly related to an increase in the number of reported cases of syphilis on the same in the next few weeks. Another study revealed a pattern between syphilis outbreaks and tweets about syphilis in the "Twitter".
Moreover, the experts compared the findings of the data with the actual level of syphilis in 4 years. At the same time, a direct link was found between the behavior of people on the web and their sexual health. So, maybe in the future we will have to watch what we ask the search engine. In order not to become a participant of the experiment.
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