Linking Opinions Shared on Social Media About COVID-19 Public Health Measures to Adherence: Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys of Twitter Use in Canada.
José Denis-RobichaudErin E ReesPatrick DaleyChristina ZarowskyAssane DioufBouchra R NasriSimon de MontignyHélène CarabinPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2024)
Opinions shared on Twitter can be useful to public health authorities, as they are associated with adherence to PHMs. However, the sociodemographics of social media users do not represent the general population, calling for caution when using tweets to assess general population-level behaviors.