Analyzing COVID-19 disinformation on Twitter using the hashtags #scamdemic and #plandemic: Retrospective study.

Heather D LanierMarlon I DiazSameh N SalehChristoph U Lehman Richard J Medford

Published in: PloS one (2022)

Leveraging 227,067 tweets with the hashtags #scamdemic and #plandemic in 2020, we were able to elucidate important trends in public disinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine.

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