Published on in Vol 6 , No 4 (2020) :Oct-Dec

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/24125, first published .
Characterizing Weibo Social Media Posts From Wuhan, China During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Content Analysis

Characterizing Weibo Social Media Posts From Wuhan, China During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Content Analysis

Characterizing Weibo Social Media Posts From Wuhan, China During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Content Analysis

Qing Xu 1, 2, 3 , MAS ;   Ziyi Shen 4 , BS, MS ;   Neal Shah 1, 2 , BS ;   Raphael Cuomo 1, 5 , MPH, PhD ;   Mingxiang Cai 1, 3, 4 , BS, MS ;   Matthew Brown 6 , MPS, PhD ;   Jiawei Li 1, 2, 3, 7 , MS ;   Tim Mackey 1, 2, 3, 7 , MAS, PhD

1 Global Health Policy and Data Institute , San Diego , CA , US

2 Department of Healthcare Research and Policy , University of California, San Diego - Extension , La Jolla , CA , US

3 S-3 Research LLC , San Diego , CA , US

4 Masters Program in Computer Science , Jacobs School of Engineering , University of California, San Diego , La Jolla , CA , US

5 Department of Anesthesiology , School of Medicine , University of California, San Diego , La Jolla , CA , US

6 US Embassy , National Cancer Institute , National Institutes of Health , Beijing , CN

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

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  • Tim Mackey , MAS, PhD
  • Department of Anesthesiology and Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health
  • School of Medicine
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