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Table 2.

Examples of tweets that mentioned challenges raised by scientists and/or researchers regarding Gordie Howe’s stem cell treatment.

Tweets	Original senders	Number of times re-tweeted or shared^a
Gordie Howe, stem-cell tourist: experts warn of a worrisome trend	Ottawa Citizen	79
Gordie Howe's stem cell therapy raises concerns among regenerative medicine	National Post	76
Gordie Howe's stem cell therapy raises concerns among medical experts	CTV News	40
Gordie Howe’s “miracle” in Mexico stirs experts’ doubts about stem-cell therapy	The Global and Mail	30

^aRe-tweets are defined as tweets started with the “RT”; shared tweets are whose tweets posted without the “RT” but having exactly the same tweet content.