The Politicization of Ivermectin Tweets During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Open Forum Infect Dis
; 9(7): ofac263, 2022 Jul.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2005001
ABSTRACT
Background:
We explore the ivermectin discourse and sentiment in the United States with a special focus on political leaning through the social media blogging site Twitter.Methods:
We used sentiment analysis and topic modeling to geospatially explore ivermectin Twitter discourse in the United States and compared it to the political leaning of a state based on the 2020 presidential election.Results:
All modeled topics were associated with a negative sentiment. Tweets originating from democratic leaning states were more likely to be negative.Conclusions:
Real-time analysis of social media content can identify public health concerns and guide timely public health interventions tackling disinformation.
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Open Forum Infect Dis
Year:
2022
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