A retrospective analysis of social media posts pertaining to COVID-19 vaccination side effects

With an uprising influence of social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram a multitude of worldwide accessible information is available. Since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic the exchange of medical information about several topics related to this infectious disease and its vaccination has i...

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Published in:Vaccine 2022-01, Vol.40 (1), p.43-51
Main Authors: Lentzen, Max-Philipp, Huebenthal, Viola, Kaiser, Rolf, Kreppel, Matthias, Zoeller, Joachim E., Zirk, Matthias
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adverse effects
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Deduction
Digital media
Education
English language
Evaluation
Humans
Immunization
Infectious diseases
Language
Misinformation
Pandemics
Patients
Public health
Quality of education
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Side effects
Social Media
Social networks
Vaccination
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Summary:With an uprising influence of social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram a multitude of worldwide accessible information is available. Since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic the exchange of medical information about several topics related to this infectious disease and its vaccination has increased rapidly. The purpose of this investigation was to assess the content associated with COVID-19 vaccination and its side effects and evaluate its educational quality. We conducted this retrospective study to investigate 600 Twitter and Instagram posts by #covidvaccinesideeffects due to number of ‘likes’, comments, type of post, language, its purpose and source. In addition, posts were evaluated due to educational quality by three examiners of different educational levels. The majority of posts showed 0 to 50 “likes” and 0 to 5 comments in English language. A comparison between Twitter and Instagram by the influence of application showed significant differences in number of posts and “likes” or comments (p 
ISSN:0264-410X
1873-2518
DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.11.052