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editorial . 2020 Mar 3:taaa031. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa031
The pandemic of social media panic travels faster than the COVID-19 outbreak
Anneliese Depoux
1,2,3, Sam Martin
1,2,3, Emilie Karafillakis
1,2,3, Raman Preet
1,2,3, Annelies Wilder-Smith
1,2,3, Heidi Larson
1,2,3
Anneliese Depoux, PhD
1
Centre Virchow-Villerme, Paris, France
2
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
3
Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Sam Martin, PhD
1
Centre Virchow-Villerme, Paris, France
2
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
3
Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Emilie Karafillakis, MSc
1
Centre Virchow-Villerme, Paris, France
2
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
3
Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Raman Preet, BSD
1
Centre Virchow-Villerme, Paris, France
2
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
3
Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Annelies Wilder-Smith, MD
1
Centre Virchow-Villerme, Paris, France
2
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
3
Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Heidi Larson, PhD
1
Centre Virchow-Villerme, Paris, France
2
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
3
Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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1
Centre Virchow-Villerme, Paris, France
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
3
Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Received 2020 Feb 27; Accepted 2020 Feb 29.
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