Sometimes, after starting a new year like we just did, it’s enjoyable to reflect on the things we said, did, or believed would be wise at the time. One of the things we did a lot of in 2024 was to search Google for more information about our symptoms, something that many people later regretted.
For the sake of complete transparency, I must acknowledge that I have been doing this a lot lately.
Like many others, I’ve been struggling for a few months with a disc problem in my neck, so I looked to Dr. Google for medical information in an attempt to understand more about my disease and potential treatment choices.
Perhaps that wasn’t the wisest course of action.
I was very sure I was a goner about five minutes after I started this process. I described my symptoms, and my search yielded the following results:
- I’m dying
- I’m dead, but no one had the decency to tell me that
- The last execution by the guillotine happened in France in 1977
- A giraffe’s neck has the same amount of vertebrae that a human’s does
The latter two entries were at least interesting, but they were not at all helpful.
A Healthcare Staffing Company Decided To Look At Google Search Data To Determine What Health Questions Are On People’s Minds From Coast-To-Coast
As we move through 2024, the company, Solid Health, wanted to discover which health issues were most frequently searched for in each state:
Soliant examined 2024 Google search data to see which health queries each state and the District of Columbia search for more frequently than any other state in order to gain a better understanding of the health issues that Americans are looking for in the new year. The study examines early patterns in health across the country and exposes the illnesses that are most prevalent at the beginning of the year.
I’m prepared to wager that at least a few of them will surprise you if you were to guess what Illinoisans were searching for on Google in relation to health-related topics.
Alright, Let’s Get To It: Illinois’ Strange Questions For Dr. Google
Illinois has five questions that we would most like to hear the answers to, according to the state-by-state analysis provided by Soliant.com. They are as follows:
While we’re at it, here are the questions they have up north in Wisconsin (fortunately, “possible bratwurst overdose” is the response to one of their four questions):
