Published on in Vol 6, No 2 (2020): Apr-Jun

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/18700, first published .
Data Mining and Content Analysis of the Chinese Social Media Platform Weibo During the Early COVID-19 Outbreak: Retrospective Observational Infoveillance Study

Data Mining and Content Analysis of the Chinese Social Media Platform Weibo During the Early COVID-19 Outbreak: Retrospective Observational Infoveillance Study

Data Mining and Content Analysis of the Chinese Social Media Platform Weibo During the Early COVID-19 Outbreak: Retrospective Observational Infoveillance Study

Jiawei Li   1, 2, 3, 4 , MS ;   Qing Xu   1, 2, 3, 4 , MAS ;   Raphael Cuomo   1, 4 , MPH, PhD ;   Vidya Purushothaman   1, 4 , MBBS, MAS ;   Tim Mackey   1, 2, 3, 4 , MAS, PhD

1 Department of Anesthesiology and Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, United States

2 S-3 Research LLC, San Diego, CA, United States

3 Department of Healthcare Research and Policy, University of California San Diego Extension, La Jolla, CA, United States

4 Global Health Policy Institute, San Diego, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Tim Mackey, MAS, PhD
  • Department of Anesthesiology and Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health
  • University of California San Diego School of Medicine
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  • Email: tmackey@ucsd.edu