Table 1.

Sample characteristics.

	All status updates (n=3577)	Media outlets (n=540)	Media personnel (n=777)	Health care professional (n=467)	Politics (n=465)	Parent (n=424)
Tweet n (%)	1615 (45.20)	450 (83.3)	364 (46.8)	178 (38.1)	179 (38.55)	133 (31.4)
Retweet n (%)	1392 (38.92)	90 (16.7)	310 (39.9)	176 (37.7)	202 (43.4)	168 (39.6)
Reply n (%)	570 (15.94)	0 (0)	103 (13.3)	113 (24.2)	84 (18.1)	123 (29.0)
Mean number of followers	11,709	59,437	5667	1902	3663	1138