Table 4.

Frequency of weekly velocity growth (number of weeks in which a topic experienced positive velocity) and average weekly increase rate (or decrease, when a negative value is returned) by topic.

Topic	Number of weeks in which a topic experienced positive velocity (increase of social media mentions since previous week)	Average weekly increase in number of social media mentions (%)
Treatment – Myths	26	31
The Illness – Demographics – Age	24	8
Interventions – Reduction of Movement	23	14
The Cause – The Cause	23	7
Vaccines	22	7
The Cause – Further Spread: Stigma	22	10
Interventions – Faith	21	3
The Illness – Other Discussed Symptoms	21	52
Treatment – Current Treatment	20	3
Interventions – Travel	20	3
Interventions – The Environment	20	7
The Illness – Confirmed Symptoms	20	1
The Illness – Asymptomatic transmission	19	6
The Illness – Means of Transmission	19	10
Interventions – Measures in Public Settings	18	4
The Cause – Further Spread: Immunity	18	9
Treatment – Nonproven Treatment (Nutrition)	18	4
Information – Statistics and Data	18	4
Interventions – Technology	18	5
Information – Misinformation	17	5
The Illness – Vulnerable Communities	17	4
Interventions – Testing	17	-1
Interventions – Supportive Care – Health Caren	17	3
Interventions – Protection	17	-3
The Illness – Presymptomaticn	16	40
The Illness – Underlying Conditionsn	16	10
Interventions – Supportive Care – Equipment	16	0
The Illness – Protection From Transmission	16	0
Interventions – Personal Measures	15	-3
The Illness – Demographics – Sex	15	8
Treatment – Research & Development	15	8
Interventions – Unions and Industry	15	-1
Interventions – Inequalitiesn	14	-1
The Illness – Vulnerable Peoplen	14	1
Interventions – Civil Unrest	14	32