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

Fig 2. Global Covid-19 narratives across 20 countries.

Fig 2

Pre-pandemic narratives (Oct’19–Dec’19; coded ‘green’) focused on general infectious disease topics of prevention and treatment. Early pandemic narratives (Jan’20–Feb’20; coded ‘orange’) were breaking news of Covid-19. The brief transition from Early to Peak Pandemic narratives (Mar’20–May’20; coded ‘red’) underscored the pandemic’s rapid spread across six regions. Peak pandemic narratives included testing, societal risk and vulnerability, mitigation and lockdown, economic crisis, death.