OMG U got flu? Analysis of shared health messages for bio-surveillance
OMG U got flu? Analysis of shared health messages for bio-surveillance
Micro-blogging services such as Twitter offer the potential to crowdsource epidemics in real-time. However, Twitter posts ('tweets') are often ambiguous and reactive to media trends. In order to ground user messages in epidemic response we focused on tracking reports of self-protective behaviour such as avoiding public gatherings or increased sanitation …