Journal
VACCINES
Volume 10, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10091486
Keywords
social media; public opinions; COVID-19 vaccines; spatiotemporal analysis; race inequality; bayesian inference
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Funding
- NSF [1841520, 1835507, 1832465, 2028791, 2025783, 1841403]
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci [2025783] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [1832465] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn
- Directorate For Engineering [2028791] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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This research investigates public opinions towards vaccines in the United States using geo-tweets and Bayesian-based method. Overall, the public holds a positive attitude towards COVID-19 vaccines, but there are variations in public sentiment across different periods and topics. African Americans tend to have a relatively lower sentiment towards vaccines.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been sweeping across the United States of America since early 2020. The whole world was waiting for vaccination to end this pandemic. Since the approval of the first vaccine by the U.S. CDC on 9 November 2020, nearly 67.5% of the US population have been fully vaccinated by 10 July 2022. While quite successful in controlling the spreading of COVID-19, there were voices against vaccines. Therefore, this research utilizes geo-tweets and Bayesian-based method to investigate public opinions towards vaccines based on (1) the spatiotemporal changes in public engagement and public sentiment; (2) how the public engagement and sentiment react to different vaccine-related topics; (3) how various races behave differently. We connected the phenomenon observed to real-time and historical events. We found that in general the public is positive towards COVID-19 vaccines. Public sentiment positivity went up as more people were vaccinated. Public sentiment on specific topics varied in different periods. African Americans' sentiment toward vaccines was relatively lower than other races.
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