Tweet Topics and Sentiments Relating to COVID-19 Vaccination Among Australian Twitter Users: Machine Learning Analysis.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 is one of the greatest threats to human beings in terms of health care, economy, and society in recent history. Up to this moment, there have been no signs of remission, and there is no proven effective cure. Vaccination is the primary biomedical preventive measure against the novel coronavirus. However, public bias or sentiments, as reflected on social media, may have a significant impact on the progression toward achieving herd immunity.

Authors

  • Stephen Wai Hang Kwok
    School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  • Sai Kumar Vadde
    Discipline of Information Technology, Media and Communications, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.
  • Guanjin Wang
    School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; Centre for Smart Health, School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: guanjin.br.wang@connect.polyu.hk.