"Thought I'd Share First" and Other Conspiracy Theory Tweets from the COVID-19 Infodemic: Exploratory Study

no code implementations • 14 Dec 2020 • Dax Gerts, Courtney D. Shelley, Nidhi Parikh, Travis Pitts, Chrysm Watson Ross, Geoffrey Fairchild, Nidia Yadria Vaquera Chavez, Ashlynn R. Daughton

Background: The COVID-19 outbreak has left many people isolated within their homes; these people are turning to social media for news and social connection, which leaves them vulnerable to believing and sharing misinformation.

Misinformation Sentiment Analysis

Eliciting Disease Data from Wikipedia Articles

no code implementations • 2 Apr 2015 • Geoffrey Fairchild, Lalindra De Silva, Sara Y. Del Valle, Alberto M. Segre

Traditional disease surveillance systems suffer from several disadvantages, including reporting lags and antiquated technology, that have caused a movement towards internet-based disease surveillance systems.

TAG Time Series +1

Global disease monitoring and forecasting with Wikipedia

1 code implementation • 14 May 2014 • Nicholas Generous, Geoffrey Fairchild, Alina Deshpande, Sara Y. Del Valle, Reid Priedhorsky

Infectious disease is a leading threat to public health, economic stability, and other key social structures.