Covid-19 patients are doing their own research Citizen science, the name given to a range of scientific projects in which patients participate, covers myriad experiences. (Bloomberg) Amy Dockser Marcus , The Wall Street Journal To advance scientific knowledge of the disease, lay people are organizing to generate data about their experiences Share Via Read Full Story A month after her Covid-19 diagnosis last March, Lisa McCorkell wanted to know why she was still struggling with a cough, shortness of breath and other debilitating symptoms. Her doctors didn’t have answers, so she and a group of other Covid patients took matters into their own hands. They formed a research group on a Slack channel and launched their own study.