Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @AbraarKaran
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
670
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-18
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-28
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
Experts are concerned with the similarities between the disinformation playbook used by those with vested interests in mask-wearing and that used by tobacco and fossil fuel companies to sow doubt about the science. Some healthcare providers argue that wearing masks provides minimal benefits and was not a common practice prior to 2020 for respiratory viruses. Others suggest that improving indoor ventilation and filtration is also necessary to combat respiratory pandemics. Critics of mask-wearing argue that doctors never wore masks in general healthcare settings outside of surgery prior to 2020 and that the medical community has lost the trust of the public. There is also discussion about the need to understand and treat post-viral illnesses that may result from pandemics.
Topic Modeling
- Viral Op Ed on masks and disinformation playbook
- PPE and its necessity in healthcare settings
- Revisionist history and doubts about mask usage pre-COVID
- Post-viral illness and its importance in understanding and treating pandemics
- The effectiveness of masks and alternative measures in preventing respiratory viruses
Emotional Analysis
These tweets express a range of negative emotions towards the use of masks as a preventative measure for respiratory viruses, particularly in non-surgical healthcare settings. Some individuals express anger and distrust towards medical professionals for allegedly gaslighting the public about the historical use of PPE, while others criticize the effectiveness of masks and suggest alternative measures such as improving ventilation. Others express frustration with the ongoing pandemic and the social and economic impacts it has had. Overall, there is a sense of skepticism and disagreement towards the necessity and efficacy of masks in certain healthcare situations.
Trend Analysis
- Criticism of the efficacy of masks in preventing respiratory viruses
- Comparisons drawn between tactics used by vested interests against masks and those used by companies in the tobacco and fossil fuel industries
- Debates around the historical usage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in healthcare settings, particularly among pediatricians
- Discussions on the long-term effects of pandemics and the need to address post-viral illnesses
- Importance of improving indoor ventilation and air quality, along with the role of masks in mitigating the spread of respiratory viruses
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
119
Percentage of total tweets
17%
Number of Original tweets
2
Percentage of total tweets
0%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
670
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
544
Percentage of total tweets
81%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
48
Percentage of total tweets
7%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
13
Percentage of total tweets
1%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 287 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 188 |
| Twitter for Android | 165 |
| Twitter for iPad | 20 |
| TweetDeck | 7 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| PeterHotez | Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD | Vaccine Scientist-Author-Combat Antiscience @bcmhouston Professor Pediatrics Molecular Virology, @bcm_tropmed Dean, @TexasChildrens Chair in Tropical Pediatrics | 334,417 |
| michaelmina_lab | Michael Mina | Epidemiologist, Immunologist, Pathologist, MD,PhD. Vaccines, immunity, Infectious disease, tests, public health. Previously Harvard Faculty. CSO @eMedCertified | 226,110 |
| CaulfieldTim | Timothy Caulfield | Professor of health law and science policy, author, speaker, and TV host. #GoScience #ScienceUpFirst Instagram: https://t.co/HOSnxf13B4 | 86,439 |
| danielgoyal | Dan Goyal | Medic | Researcher | Citizen. Corruption and disinformation are the greatest current threats to progress. Health updates & opinions. | 67,936 |
| LukeDashjr | Luke Dashjr | Roman #Catholic*, husband, father of 8 children, and #Bitcoin Core developer; INTP (*the pedos who took over Vatican City are NOT Catholic) | 60,718 |
| Neoavatara | Pradheep J. Shanker | Radiologist and Public Health Policy. CEO @Neoavatara Foundation Contributor to National Review. @NRO | 57,266 |
| sbmeunier | Sebastien Meunier | #Fintech #Innovation #CyberSecurity #Privacy #Technology #Operations #DigitalAssets #Crypto in Financial Services, without the hype | 54,326 |
| SunandSipCups | Meagan Paullin | She/Her. Writer|teller|collector of stories. Lover of books|family|oceans|magic.š PNW. Momma. Maker. Chronically ill. Weirdo. sunshineandsippycups@gmail.com | 27,828 |
| MarcusFitzsimon | MarcusFitzsimons Woke Bunny Hugger Green Socialist | #ProgressiveAlliance #FBPA #FBPPR #FBPE #FBNHS #ScrapNHSBill #GTTO #Climate #FreePalestine. Be aware: Animal Lover. He him his | 17,135 |
| Saffiya_Khan1 | Gina | Against the mass infection and disabling of the population by SARS-CoV-2 | 14,377 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| MarcusFitzsimon | MarcusFitzsimons Woke Bunny Hugger Green Socialist | #ProgressiveAlliance #FBPA #FBPPR #FBPE #FBNHS #ScrapNHSBill #GTTO #Climate #FreePalestine. Be aware: Animal Lover. He him his | 18,681 |
| SunandSipCups | Meagan Paullin | She/Her. Writer|teller|collector of stories. Lover of books|family|oceans|magic.š PNW. Momma. Maker. Chronically ill. Weirdo. sunshineandsippycups@gmail.com | 15,837 |
| sbmeunier | Sebastien Meunier | #Fintech #Innovation #CyberSecurity #Privacy #Technology #Operations #DigitalAssets #Crypto in Financial Services, without the hype | 15,545 |
| Saffiya_Khan1 | Gina | Against the mass infection and disabling of the population by SARS-CoV-2 | 9,194 |
| PeterHotez | Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD | Vaccine Scientist-Author-Combat Antiscience @bcmhouston Professor Pediatrics Molecular Virology, @bcm_tropmed Dean, @TexasChildrens Chair in Tropical Pediatrics | 7,095 |
| nancyvictoria | #NoWEF #NoDigitalID Nancy š· | Admire whistleblowers, human rights defenders, selfless livers/givers; donāt care for bullies. Dream of a FREE TIBET & HK. May all beings live in ā®ļø & harmony. | 5,924 |
| CaulfieldTim | Timothy Caulfield | Professor of health law and science policy, author, speaker, and TV host. #GoScience #ScienceUpFirst Instagram: https://t.co/HOSnxf13B4 | 5,720 |
| snorman1776 | Stinson Norwood | "Survived" Covid bc I can run a mile in under an hour | CIO @ https://t.co/kJwRipGJWD | @GYamey's bane | Iāve been vaccinated for Yellow Fever and you have not | 5,342 |
| FjvJjo | efna | conflicto, conflicto, conflicto,no se acabarĆ”n asta que los adultos dejemos de transmitir el odio, egoĆsmo, rabias y frustraciones a la generaciones que vienen | 5,009 |
| shuey227 | Shuey šŗšøšØš¦ | Entrepreneur and sports enthusiast (Gunners, Bruins & Bucs). There is nothing progressive about socialism. There is nothing liberating about Liberalism. | 5,009 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| FjvJjo | conflicto, conflicto, conflicto,no se acabarĆ”n asta que los adultos dejemos de transmitir el odio, egoĆsmo, rabias y frustraciones a la generaciones que vienen | 25 |
| TheTiniestVoice | āWhat is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.ā ā Bertrand Russel | 19 |
| HStowit | Burn the worthless, unscientific masks. Burn them all. Now. - Great Barrington Declaration Signer | 17 |
| Liberalism2021 | Centre right, but social progressive! free speech - want equality. 2 covid vax, NO mandates, masks don't work #donotcomply Pronouns are Who/WTF/Cis Male | 17 |
| sewlove33 | Happily married mother of one, Buffy geek, lover of the arts, dancer | 17 |
| C_Midd77 | Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start / Unlimited lives /Crypto to Mars. (And back, soft landing, right on the mark.) No big deal /DontTreadonMe | 16 |
| PaulRoundy1 | Both our good and our bad ideas need to be challenged to make the good ideas better and to discard or fix the bad ones. My tweets R my own. | 11 |
| snorman1776 | "Survived" Covid bc I can run a mile in under an hour | CIO @ https://t.co/kJwRipGJWD | @GYamey's bane | Iāve been vaccinated for Yellow Fever and you have not | 9 |
| WangCandice | Actor (screen/stage). Influences: Whedon Burton Spielberg Lynch Nolan Aronofsky. Piano player since age 5; sometimes composer. https://t.co/o0KaTByerF | 8 |
| pkcanada1 | Interested in just about everything, knowledgeable about some things, expert in one thing? Retired, I like to cook, make sawdust and golf. | 7 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1629538410942828544 | That viral Op Ed on masks? Some thoughts from experts https://t.co/fT2diMQYjE by @camerokt_ w @ArthurCaplan @AbraarKaran @luckytran: āThose with vested interests are using the same disinformation playbook as tobacco & fossil fuel companies did to sow doubt about the science..." | 132 |
| 1629588526819049472 | @ariccio @kprather88 Haha thanks!! We are using it in this *randomized* trial led by @AbraarKaran at Stanford which just got started with first few households last week in San Mateo county https://t.co/sTCmK68fmm | 9 |
| 1628808780455596035 | @AbraarKaran Healthcare provider here. Iām in close contact with respiratory viruses every day without PPE. Benefits would be minimal at best. Smiling and communicating clearly with patients much more valuable. | 7 |
| 1628823959348051970 | @AbraarKaran Pandemics always leave huge swathes of permanent disability in their wake. H1N1 left a ton of ME/CFS, COVID left so much that we gave it a new name (Long COVID), H5N1 will be the same. Wish I heard more talk of understanding/treating post-viral illness from ID docs | 6 |
| 1628861732465655808 | @AbraarKaran @sri_srikrishna Canāt some mask be designed that is heat sensitive so that if there is a gap the color around the edge changes. Use the technology of 7Os mood rings, those ziplock bags that turn purple at the edge when fully sealed and @readimask | 5 |
| 1628809105992470529 | @AbraarKaran Do you think we donāt have memories? Doctors were not in PPE all the time for respiratory viruses before 2020. This is gaslighting nonsense. This is why the public doesnāt trust the medical community anymore. | 5 |
| 1629277609455656960 | WHO is worried about H5N1 transmission after Cambodia cases. In response to a New Scientist reporter, Dr. Sylivia Briand mentioned contact tracing, isolation, and antivirals but not respirators (masks) or ventilation/filtration. @RanuDhillon @AbraarKaran @Don_Milton https://t.co/TzxZpPRqSK | 4 |
| 1629762754864381958 | THANK YOU SO MUCH @LaSeletzky @ValerieJay16 @lisawhelan @DataDrivenFP @DrDuvvuri @rpelc @effiegreathouse @danaludwig @JillBuchwaldPhD @mikechenwriter @BeccaSchenker @AlpertReyes @RanuDhillon @AbraarKaran @danaparish (10/10) | 3 |
| 1628878793703149569 | @AbraarKaran No one is going to listen to you until you admit you were wrong. https://t.co/EnTWyoooVW | 3 |
| 1629549772590948352 | @CaulfieldTim @camerokt_ @ArthurCaplan @AbraarKaran @luckytran āExperts arenāt claiming masks are perfect, or that if you wear one youāll definitely never catch a respiratory virus. But wearing one properly can lower your risk. Like an umbrella when it's raining; it wonāt stop you from getting wet, but itāll prevent you from getting soakedā | 3 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1629538410942828544 | That viral Op Ed on masks? Some thoughts from experts https://t.co/fT2diMQYjE by @camerokt_ w @ArthurCaplan @AbraarKaran @luckytran: āThose with vested interests are using the same disinformation playbook as tobacco & fossil fuel companies did to sow doubt about the science..." | 374 |
| 1628809105992470529 | @AbraarKaran Do you think we donāt have memories? Doctors were not in PPE all the time for respiratory viruses before 2020. This is gaslighting nonsense. This is why the public doesnāt trust the medical community anymore. | 140 |
| 1628808780455596035 | @AbraarKaran Healthcare provider here. Iām in close contact with respiratory viruses every day without PPE. Benefits would be minimal at best. Smiling and communicating clearly with patients much more valuable. | 87 |
| 1628848189834149888 | @AbraarKaran Really? I have worked in pediatriciansā offices. I have taken kids to pediatricians. I have never seen a single pediatrician wear PPE in an office. | 79 |
| 1628841096049750017 | @AbraarKaran I have never seen a doctor in a mask outside of surgery prior to 2020. This is some revisionist history. | 69 |
| 1628855781075329025 | @AbraarKaran My kids are 18 and 14. There have been sick visits and well checks and never have I ever seen their pediatrician in a mask prior to 2020. Even when my daughter had pneumonia. Why are you making shit up? | 61 |
| 1628823959348051970 | @AbraarKaran Pandemics always leave huge swathes of permanent disability in their wake. H1N1 left a ton of ME/CFS, COVID left so much that we gave it a new name (Long COVID), H5N1 will be the same. Wish I heard more talk of understanding/treating post-viral illness from ID docs | 57 |
| 1628798626008043520 | @AbraarKaran Pediatricians historically didnāt wear masks and they dealt with sick kids all day long | 52 |
| 1628861732465655808 | @AbraarKaran @sri_srikrishna Canāt some mask be designed that is heat sensitive so that if there is a gap the color around the edge changes. Use the technology of 7Os mood rings, those ziplock bags that turn purple at the edge when fully sealed and @readimask | 51 |
| 1628800074384809987 | @AbraarKaran What never happened prior to Covid for $200? | 50 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #covid19 | 5 |
| #uvgi | 2 |
| #novavax | 2 |
| #viro | 2 |
| #tallinna | 2 |
| #nuvaxovid | 2 |
| #koronafi | 2 |
| #korona | 2 |
| #tallink | 2 |
| #eckerƶline | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @abraarkaran | 670 |
| @luckytran | 71 |
| @camerokt_ | 63 |
| @arthurcaplan | 63 |
| @caulfieldtim | 62 |
| @pkcanada1 | 31 |
| @c_midd77 | 27 |
| @sri_srikrishna | 25 |
| @liberalism2021 | 24 |
| @smithsj | 22 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
8
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| š¤£ | 10 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| š | 8 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| š | 5 | clapping_hands |
| š | 4 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
| ā¤µļø | 4 | right_arrow_curving_down |
| š¤” | 2 | clown_face |
| š· | 2 | face_with_medical_mask |
| š¤Ŗ | 2 | zany_face |
| š» | 1 | ghost |
| šØ | 1 | fearful_face |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 37 |
| People & Body | 10 |
| Symbols | 6 |
| Objects | 2 |
| Travel & Places | 1 |