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. 2021 Sep 1;16(9):e0256358. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256358

Fig 1. Volume of global Covid-19 narratives & Covid-19 incidence rates.

Fig 1

Prevalence of 10 virus-related keywords (Coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid, nCoV, SARS-CoV-2, Wuhan Virus, Virus, Disease, Epidemic, Pandemic) experienced exponential growth from a baseline of 100 words per million in October 2019 to 5500 words per million in April 2020—a 55-fold increase. The prevalence of global Covid-19 narratives dovetails the global Covid-19 incidence rate across 20 countries.