TABLE 1.
Number and Percentage of COVID-19-Related Weibo Posts With Selected Key Words
| Key Word | English Translation | Number* | Percentage** |
|---|---|---|---|
| 疫情 | epidemic situation | 383 | 34.79% |
| 口罩 | mask | 259 | 23.52% |
| 病毒 | virus | 230 | 20.89% |
| 肺炎 | pneumonia | 191 | 17.35% |
| 冠状 | coronavirus | 132 | 11.99% |
| 感染 | infected | 116 | 10.54% |
| 确诊 | confirmed case | 100 | 9.08% |
| 隔离 | quarantine | 66 | 5.99% |
| 防疫 | combat the outbreak | 38 | 3.45% |
| 传染 | infection | 36 | 3.27% |
| 新冠 | new coronavirus | 36 | 3.27% |
| 钟南山 | Zhong Nanshan | 30 | 2.72% |
| 封城 | lockdown | 28 | 2.54% |
| 非典 | SARS | 27 | 2.45% |
| N95 | N95 | 26 | 2.36% |
| 李文亮 | Li Wenliang | 26 | 2.36% |
| 蝙蝠 | bat | 19 | 1.73% |
| 防护服 | hazmat suit | 17 | 1.54% |
| 卫健委 | health commission | 11 | 1.00% |
| 世卫 | WHO (abbreviated) | 10 | 0.91% |
| 重症 | severe | 8 | 0.73% |
| 疾控中心 | Center(s) for Disease Control and Prevention | 7 | 0.64% |
| 李兰娟 | Li Lanjuan | 7 | 0.64% |
| 流行病 | epidemiology | 6 | 0.55% |
| 华南海鲜市场 | Huanan Seafood Market | 5 | 0.45% |
| 人传人 | human-to-human transmission | 5 | 0.45% |
| 管轶 | Guan Yi | 4 | 0.36% |
| 世界卫生组织 | World Health Organization | 4 | 0.36% |
| 消毒液 | bleach | 3 | 0.27% |
| 洗手液 | hand sanitizer | 3 | 0.27% |
| 危重 | critically ill | 3 | 0.27% |
| 张文宏 | Zhang Wenhong | 3 | 0.27% |
| CDC | Center(s) for Disease Control and Prevention | 3 | 0.27% |
| 高福 | Gao Fu (George F. Gao) | 2 | 0.18% |
| 穿山甲 | pangolin | 2 | 0.18% |
| 粪口传播 | fecal–oral transmission | 2 | 0.18% |
| WHO | World Health Organization | 2 | 0.18% |
| 飞沫传播 | droplets transmission | 2 | 0.18% |
| 疑似病例 | suspected case | 2 | 0.18% |
| 潜伏期 | incubation period | 1 | 0.09% |
*
Key words may be occurring in the same piece of posts. Therefore, the totals in the numbers column will exceed 1101 and the totals in percentages column will exceed 100%.
**
Percentage of the population of posts identified with at least 1 of the given key words (N = 1101).