Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Formative Research
Date Submitted: Jul 5, 2023
Date Accepted: Sep 9, 2024
Exploring Public Sentiment on the Repurposing of Ivermectin for COVID-19 Treatment: Cross-Sectional Study Using Twitter Data
A sentiment analysis of 5051 Twitter posts from January 2022 found that 53.4% of them expressed positive views on ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment, 35.6% of them were neutral, and 11% of them were negative, highlighting the polarized public perception and the need for careful interpretation of social media data in health communication.
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