Evaluation of Twitter data for an emerging crisis: an application to the first wave of COVID-19 in the UK

Abstract In the absence of nationwide mass testing for an emerging health crisis, alternative approaches could provide necessary information efficiently to aid policy makers and health bodies when dealing with a pandemic. The following work presents a methodology by which Twitter data surrounding th...

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Main Authors: I Kit Cheng, Johannes Heyl, Nisha Lad, Gabriel Facini, Zara Grout
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98396-9