Understanding public perception of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) social distancing on Twitter.

Sameh Nagui SalehChristoph U LehmannSamuel A McDonaldMujeeb A BasitRichard J Medford

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)

Considering the positive sentiment, preponderance of objective tweets, and topics supporting coping mechanisms, we concluded that Twitter users generally supported social distancing in the early stages of their implementation.

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