Table 1.
List of 12 tweet topics according to the structural topic model.
| Name | Category | Proportion | High Probability Words | Example Tweet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmed cases & deaths | Health-related | 0.16 | coronavirus, case, health, Italy, death, confirmed, state, emergency, number, update, breaking, country, positive, public, total | Colorado reports 16 new cases of #CoronaVirus: Breakdown: Arapahoe County: 3 + 1 Jefferson County: 3 + 2 Pitkin County: +9 Larimer County: 1Gunnison County: 2 + 1 Denver County: 6 + 4 (plus 1 indeterminate) Douglas County: 3 Eagle County: 4 + 1 El Paso County: 1 Summit County: 1 |
| Disease prevention | Health-related | 0.15 | coronavirus, virus, corona, hand, don’t, stay, keep, wash, safe, mask, face, hope, protect, avoid, kill | # coronavirus #prevention # coronavirus #prevention #HealthyLiving “Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, then throw the tissue in the bin and wash your hands. If you do not have a tissue to hand, cough or sneeze into your elbow rather than your hands. |
| Economic impacts | Health-unrelated | 0.12 | coronavirus, work, business, sick, crisis, plan, government, online, market, student, budget, economy, class, employee, impact | The Chancellor @RishiSunak sets out a £30 bn #coronavirus plan: Sick pay for self-employed + help on UC £500 m hardship fund No cost of sick pay to SMEs £1 bn of working capital loans. No Rates for small hospitality biz £3000 grant to small businesses #Budget2020 |
| COVID-19 in the US | Health-related | 0.11 | coronavirus, trump, cant, real Donald Trump, american, toilet, going, paper, president, house, america, word, medium, ready, thread | When you have nothing else. IDENTITY POLITICS! You & your party are divisive & insane. #CoronaVirus #BLEXIT #WalkAway #MAGA #WWG1WGA #TRUMP #TheGreatAwakening #TRUTH #DNC #Democrat #MSM #IdentityPolitics #FearMonger |
| COVID-19 in China | Health-related | 0.09 | china, coronavirus, spread, Wuhan, virus, travel, outbreak, country, quarantine, Chinese, measure, infected, hospital, flight, city | After the spread of a new #Coronavirus, the #UK is taking precautionary measures by monitoring all flights arriving from China. The measures will be applicable on flights from Wuhan to London Heathrow, where aircraft will land in an isolated part of Terminal 4. |
| Events canceled & postponed | Health-unrelated | 0.09 | coronavirus, event, canceled, year, game, going, cancel, march, concern, fan, big, canceled, postponed, decision, closed | Big West Basketball No spectators will attend tournament due to #coronavirus concerns. Honda Center Games (no fans) Thu—Men’s quarterfinal games Fri—Men’s and women’s semifinals Sat—Both championship games #AnaheimSports @HondaCenter |
| News/Q&A | Health-related | 0.09 | coronavirus, news, read, help, great, question, community, latest, expert, watch, situation, free, advice, outbreak, video | Tonight at 8 p.m. ET on Tonight at 8 p.m. ET on @NBCNewsNOW: @DrJohnTorres hosts special coverage to answer questions about #coronavirus. Stream it live tonight on @Roku, @amazonfiretv, @AppleTV and http://nbcnews.com/NOW |
| COVID-19 outbreak | Health-related | 0.06 | coronavirus, Covid, coronavirus outbreak, well, real, feel, worse, Corona virus UK, officially, Coronavid, corona virus USA, deal, coviduk, corona outbreak, epidemic | From the air, hunger, fire and war, save us, Lord “Pray for Italy & the World! Today at 8 p.m. #everyday, the supplications will also be sung, begging for the protection against the #coronavirus epidemic |
| Healthcare system | Health-related | 0.05 | pandemic, coronavirus, Corona virus update, testing, test, disease, CDC, healthcare, system, vaccine, patient, classifies, spread, action, outbreak | #Coronavirus Pandemic: Declared as #pandemic by World Health Organization WHO deeply concerned by alarming levels of spread & severity, and alarming levels of inaction In US, slow rollout of testing (flawed kits) and limited testing capacity crippled response to #COVID19 |
| Health risks | Health-related | 0.03 | coronavirus, care, risk, panic, better, lot, family, life, serious, bad, person, friend, told, symptom, ill | The virus can remain intact at 4 degrees (39 degrees Fahrenheit) or 10 degrees (50 F) for a longer period of time” Nicholls said, referring to Celsius measurements, according to the transcript. “But at 30 degrees (86 degrees F) then you get inactivation #Coronavirus |
| Impacts on public life | Health-unrelated | 0.03 | coronavirus, day, school, week, close, spreading, fast, social, shut, hour, conference, control, ago, open, closing | Close the schools in areas effected by the #coronavirus. Close the schools. Close the schools. Close the schools. Close the schools. Close the schools. Close the schools. Close the schools. Close the schools. Close the schools. Close the schools. Close the schools. Close them now |
| Else | Else | 0.02 | people, time, good, flu, thing, today, month, start, call, coming, thought, best, long, seriously, story | #coronavirus freestyle @officialnairam1 @olamide_YBNL @DONJAZZY @davido @Tecknoofficial @iamkissdaniel @lilkeshofficial @mayoku |