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.
Authors
- Jurjen van der Schans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6170-1191)
- Maarten Jacobus Postma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6306-3653)
- Auliya A. Suwantika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-2065)
- Angga Prawira Kautsar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6868-5286)
- Rano K. Sinuraya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6109-0482)
Institutions
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Padjadjaran University (ID)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Formative Research
- Published
- 2025-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/50536
- Primary Topic
- Digital Marketing and Social Media
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00