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Mpox Panic, Infodemic, and Stigmatization of the Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual Community: Geospatial Analysis, Topic Modeling, and Sentiment Analysis of a Large, Multilingual Social Media Database.

Zahra Movahedi NiaNicola Luigi BragazziAli AsgaryJames OrbinskiJianhong WuJude Dzevela Kong
Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2023)
The 2SLGBTQIAP+ community is being widely stigmatized for spreading the Mpox virus on social media. This turns the community into a highly vulnerable population, widens the disparities, increases discrimination, and accelerates the spread of the virus. By identifying the hot spots and key topics of the related tweets, this work helps decision makers and health officials inform more targeted policies.
Keyphrases
  • social media
  • health information
  • mental health
  • healthcare
  • public health
  • men who have sex with men
  • hiv testing
  • hiv positive
  • cancer therapy
  • climate change
  • south africa
  • affordable care act
  • plasmodium falciparum