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Public Discourse Against Masks In The Covid-19 Era: Infodemiology Study Of Twitter Data, Mohammad A. Al-Ramahi, Ahmed El Noshokaty, Omar El-Gayar, Tareq Nasralah, Abdullah Wahbeh
Public Discourse Against Masks In The Covid-19 Era: Infodemiology Study Of Twitter Data, Mohammad A. Al-Ramahi, Ahmed El Noshokaty, Omar El-Gayar, Tareq Nasralah, Abdullah Wahbeh
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Background:
Despite scientific evidence supporting the importance of wearing masks to curtail the spread of COVID-19, wearing masks has stirred up a significant debate particularly on social media.
Objective:
This study aimed to investigate the topics associated with the public discourse against wearing masks in the United States. We also studied the relationship between the anti-mask discourse on social media and the number of new COVID-19 cases.
Methods:
We collected a total of 51,170 English tweets between January 1, 2020, and October 27, 2020, by searching for hashtags against wearing masks. We used machine learning techniques to analyze the data …