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   ^{2, 5} , MPH, PhD ;   Mingxiang Cai   ^{2, 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 Department of Healthcare Research and Policy, University of California, San Diego - Extension, La Jolla, CA, United States

² Global Health Policy and Data Institute, San Diego, CA, United States

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

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

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

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

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