TABLE 1.
COVID‐19 tweets by topic 5/10 to 5/17
| Topic | n | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +COVID 19, coronavirus pandemic, health, +help | 694 | Tweets highlights mental health impact of lockdown, need for mental health help in COVID‐19 relief, and mental health of Nurses working during Pandemic. Theme highlights need to use Face mask and salute to healthcare workers |
| 2 | News, global, test,+COVID 19 | 539 | Tweets focus on stimulus bill in the United States, adherence to lockdown. Rise in global number of COVID‐19 cases, refer positively on need to use face mask. Restaurants testing what a sage dine in experience would be during the pandemic |
| 3 | covid, lockdown, India, delhi, Mumbai | 357 | Tweets mentions high‐risk groups of dying from COVID‐19. India's coronavirus contact tracing app and Enforcement of Lockdown in Mumbai, India, and rise in cases in Delhi. Handwashing India and UV sanitation. College classes in the fall go online |
| 4 | +case, +death, coronavirus update, infectious disease, +total | 351 | Tweet are about new cases, rise in total number of COVID‐19 cases in Oman, India, Singapore, Arizona, California, Michigan, and Illinois. Reference to Arizona Stay at Home order ending and newdeath rates in India and Oman |
| 5 | Batflu, Wuhan, +quarantine, corona, social distancing | 173 | Tweets focus on Wuhan's plan to test entire population and COVID‐19 return to countries that eased lockdown restrictions. Reference to social distancing and wearing mask |
| 6 | +disease, +kid, kawaski disease, +child Europe | 158 | Tweets focus and children, impact of COVID‐19 on children's normal play and COVID‐19 in children. Tweets link Kawasaki to COVID‐19 |
| 7 | Israel, Italy, +vaccine, +cure, +calm | 111 | Tweets echo a demand for a cure for COVID‐19. Urgent need for a vaccine to cure coronavirus and development of vaccines in Italy and Israel. Tweets also mention number of deaths in COVID‐19 U.S |
| 8 | Brazil, +president, bolsonaro, jairbolsoaro, jair | 81 | Tweets focus on rising number of COVID‐19 deaths in Brazil. Tweets criticizing the Brazilian president's approach to managing the pandemic |
| 9 | +work, unemployment rate, +foreigner, unemployment rate, h1b | 81 | Tweets are messages to temporarily banning work visas in the United States and unemployment rate in the United States |
| 10 | gujarat, ahmedabad, +high‐risk potential coronavirus super‐ spreader, +super ‐spreader, high‐risk | 52 | Tweets are about high‐risk individuals spreading COVID‐19 in Ahmadabad city, Number of new cases (Indian cities: Delhi and Chennai) |