Budhwani, Henna Sun, Ruoyan
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Background Stigma is the deleterious, structural force that devalues members of groups that hold undesirable characteristics. Since stigma is created and reinforced by society—through in-person and online social interactions—referencing the novel coronavirus as the “Chinese virus” or “China virus” has the potential to create and perpetuate stigma. ...
Ahmed, Wasim Vidal-Alaball, Josep Downing, Joseph López Seguí, Francesc
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Background Since the beginning of December 2019, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread rapidly around the world, which has led to increased discussions across online platforms. These conversations have also included various conspiracies shared by social media users. Amongst them, a popular theory has linked 5G to the spread of COVID-19, lea...
Farooq, Ali Laato, Samuli Islam, A K M Najmul
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Background During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, governments issued movement restrictions and placed areas into quarantine to combat the spread of the disease. In addition, individuals were encouraged to adopt personal health measures such as social isolation. Information regarding the disease and recommended avoidance measures were d...
Chen, Chi-Mai Jyan, Hong-Wei Chien, Shih-Chieh Jen, Hsiao-Hsuan Hsu, Chen-Yang Lee, Po-Chang Lee, Chun-Fu Yang, Yi-Ting Chen, Meng-Yu Chen, Li-Sheng
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Background Low infection and case-fatality rates have been thus far observed in Taiwan. One of the reasons for this major success is better use of big data analytics in efficient contact tracing and management and surveillance of those who require quarantine and isolation. Objective We present here a unique application of big data analytics among T...
Park, Han Woo Park, Sejung Chong, Miyoung
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Background SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2) was spreading rapidly in South Korea at the end of February 2020 following its initial outbreak in China, making Korea the new center of global attention. The role of social media amid the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has often been criticized, but little systematic r...
Zhao, Yuxin Cheng, Sixiang Yu, Xiaoyan Xu, Huilan
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Background Since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic in China in December 2019, information and discussions about COVID-19 have spread rapidly on the internet and have quickly become the focus of worldwide attention, especially on social media. Objective This study aims to investigate and analyze the public’s attention to events related to ...
Mavragani, Amaryllis
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Background Web-based sources are increasingly employed in the analysis, detection, and forecasting of diseases and epidemics, and in predicting human behavior toward several health topics. This use of the internet has come to be known as infodemiology, a concept introduced by Gunther Eysenbach. Infodemiology and infoveillance studies use web-based ...
Liu, Qian Zheng, Zequan Zheng, Jiabin Chen, Qiuyi Liu, Guan Chen, Sihan Chu, Bojia Zhu, Hongyu Akinwunmi, Babatunde Huang, Jian
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Background In December 2019, a few coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were first reported in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Soon after, increasing numbers of cases were detected in other parts of China, eventually leading to a disease outbreak in China. As this dreadful disease spreads rapidly, the mass media has been active in community education on COVID...
Utunen, Heini Ndiaye, Ngouille Piroux, Corentin George, Richelle Attias, Melissa Gamhewage, Gaya
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Background At the onset of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Health Emergencies Learning and Capacity Development Unit, together with the WHO’s health technical lead on coronaviruses, developed a massive open online course within 3 weeks as part of the global response to the emergency. The introductory coronavirus dise...
Maclachlan, Liam R Mills, Kathryn Lawford, Belinda J Egerton, Thorlene Setchell, Jenny Hall, Leanne M Plinsinga, Melanie L Besomi, Manuela Teo, Pek Ling Eyles, Jillian P
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Background Online support groups (OSGs) are one way for people with chronic diseases, their family or friends, and health professionals to communicate, gain information, and provide social support. As the number of peer-to-peer OSGs for chronic musculoskeletal conditions grows, it is important to gain insight into the different designs of groups av...
