Table 7.

Sample tweets posted during outbreak containing symptoms in positive and negative context

Context	Tweet
	#Ebola symptoms: fever, headache, muscle aches, weakness, no appetite,
	stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea & bleeding
Positive	RT @NTANewsNow: Ebola symptoms starts as malaria or cold then vomiting,
	weakness, Joint & Muscle Ache, Stomach pain and Lack of Appetite
	#Ebola symptoms are different than upper respiratory tract pathogens, no
	cough, nasal congestion Dr. Wilson
Negative	I’ve been informed that coughing is not a symptom of Ebola