Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @mtosterholm
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
199
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-10
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-21
Tweets covering
10 days
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
Multiple experts and scientists including @trishgreenhalgh, @mtosterholm, @Globalbiosec, @DFisman, @jeremyphoward and more have published peer reviewed literature proving the efficacy of masks and other Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) in the fight against COVID-19. Cochrane reviews alone are not enough to properly assess the effectiveness of NPIs, according WHO guidelines. Furthermore, EBM is a subordinate epistemology to empirical physics and evidence should not be solely determined on the statements of powerful people. In addition, elastomeric respirators and PAPRs are needed in certain situations even if these items have not been tested in a RCT. Lastly, experts have warned about the potential dangers of variants and the need for more attention to the issue.
Topic Modeling
- Effectiveness of NPIs (Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions)
- Evidence-based Medicine
- Resource Availability & Accessibility
- Spread of Viral Variants
- Quality and Efficiency of PPEs
Emotional Analysis
The tweets in this conversation express a range of emotions, from frustration and anger to cautious optimism. The speakers express their frustration with the incorrect claims made in the article about the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and the misrepresentation of published work. They also express their admiration for the work of Trish Greenhalgh and other experts in the field. In addition, they express caution in regard to the unknowns of COVID-19 variants and the need for precision in language when discussing masks and other respiratory protection. Finally, there is a sense of hope that the issue of COVID-19 will receive more attention and that the public will be better informed about the truth of the pandemic.
Trend Analysis
- Evidence-based medicine for assessing the effectiveness of Non-pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs)
- The need for proper respiratory protection, particularly N95/N100 masks
- The importance of using other evidence beyond Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) to assess the effectiveness of safety devices and procedures
- The dangers of inaccurate headlines and language ambiguity when discussing masks
- Concerns about the circulating variants of COVID-19
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
38
Percentage of total tweets
19%
Number of Original tweets
57
Percentage of total tweets
28%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
199
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
99
Percentage of total tweets
49%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
12
Percentage of total tweets
6%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
60
Percentage of total tweets
30%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 99 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 56 |
| Twitter for Android | 32 |
| Twitter for iPad | 6 |
| Meltwater Social | 2 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSIS | CSIS | A bipartisan institution, CSIS is the top national security think tank in the world. Follows ≠ endorsements. Subscribe to The Evening: https://t.co/PMJhV4B6cn | 389,998 |
| trishgreenhalgh | Trisha Greenhalgh | Professor of Primary Health Care, Oxford. Independent SAGE. Views my own. Blue tick in old money. Staying - for now. Also on other platforms - find me. | 179,223 |
| jeremyphoward | Jeremy Howard | 🇦🇺 Co-founder: @FastDotAI ; Hon Professor: @UQSchoolITEE ; jh@sigmoid.social ; :wq | 164,980 |
| kprather88 | Kimberly Prather, Ph.D. | Director @CAICECCI & Distinguished Professor: Educating next generation of problem solvers to help tackle environmental challenges. kprather88@mastodon.social | 86,504 |
| LizSzabo | Liz Szabo | Senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News. I normally cover the quality of medical care for seniors. Now, I cover COVID-19. She/Her RTs aren't endorsements. | 70,281 |
| DrMarcSiegel | Marc Siegel MD | Professor Medicine @nyulangone, nothing opinion of employer, Medical Director NYUDoctorRadio @SiriusXm https://t.co/lxpc32hlz3 @foxnews contributor | 38,698 |
| CatcomComputers | Catcom Computers Inc | Lenovo, IBM, Sony Authorized Service Center. | 26,693 |
| AlejandroC_IQ | Alejandro Cano | Ingeniero Químico y Ambiental (M.I.T., U.C. Berkeley) | 20,930 |
| NYUDocs | Doctor Radio | SiriusXM Satellite Radio's Doctor Radio Channel, powered by @nyulangone - @SIRIUSXM 110 https://t.co/1Ws7ORS8ja | 19,585 |
| PublicHealthUMN | UMN School of Public Health | The University of Minnesota School of Public Health: shaping a future of health #UMNDriven #UMNproud @UMNews | 16,734 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| LizSzabo | Liz Szabo | Senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News. I normally cover the quality of medical care for seniors. Now, I cover COVID-19. She/Her RTs aren't endorsements. | 40,781 |
| CatcomComputers | Catcom Computers Inc | Lenovo, IBM, Sony Authorized Service Center. | 29,507 |
| Charles83230639 | 💛 Katie’s Voice 😷🐟 | My name is Katie Persinger. I was a UK Care Manager who died from Covid-19. - "HEAR MY VOICE!" #KatiePersinger #CovidIsNotOver #CovidInquiryNow DMs=Blocked 🚫 | 15,309 |
| LizHighleyman | Liz Highleyman | Medical journalist. @POZmagazine science editor, @aidsmap, @Slate, @eBARnews. Research beagle adopter. 🐘@LizAtBlackRose@mstdn.social | 8,178 |
| ericlo | H. Eric Loewe | Grassroots supporter of high potential leaders. https://t.co/G04AYZS8Yq: Ericlo | 6,022 |
| jlerollblues | jellyrollblues #CovidIsNotOver #bringbackmasks | father, retired scientist PhD, Covid modeler , liberal, deist, political junkie, artist, history buff, deadhead #NoRA #union #IChooseScience #Resistance | 5,498 |
| Dakota_150 | Dakota | ME/CFS, Dysautonomia & POTS Awareness | Long COVID Ally | Health Equity Advocate | 5,241 |
| bprophetable | 💧Bprophetable ⧖ | Misogynist comments get you BLOCKED immediately. I try to retweet facts and everyone’s opinions including those I disagree with #FactsMatter | 5,003 |
| MAOHare | Marianne O'Hare | Producer, Conversations on Health Care @chcradio @CHCConnecticut. Covered Beatles, Allmans & Stones. Now back stage w/ health rock stars - Just as cool | 5,001 |
| bethechange1682 | Connie | “be the change you want to see in the world” mastodon @bethechange@mas.to Post @bethechange1682 | 5,001 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| BDruider | Born 3400 BC the first time. | 38 |
| jlerollblues | father, retired scientist PhD, Covid modeler , liberal, deist, political junkie, artist, history buff, deadhead #NoRA #union #IChooseScience #Resistance | 11 |
| PsychRNMK | Trauma-informed licensed Public Health/Mental Health RN, State of California since 1985. Expertise in inpatient psychiatry, outpatient community mental health. | 7 |
| DeVerdadera1 | - | 7 |
| KochsPetra | - | 6 |
| TrishtheDish_7 | Lockdown skeptic. Former Manhattanite. Team Reality member since July 2020. Honorary “Angry Mom”. The Truth is Out There 👽🛸 | 4 |
| Dakota_150 | ME/CFS, Dysautonomia & POTS Awareness | Long COVID Ally | Health Equity Advocate | 4 |
| PublicHealthUMN | The University of Minnesota School of Public Health: shaping a future of health #UMNDriven #UMNproud @UMNews | 3 |
| johnkriby1 | - | 3 |
| LolaMotz | pro-cat After two years of fighting for rehabilitation from the stroke and treatment for his cancer my husband Charles succumbed to illness. #RIP my beloved. | 3 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1625259741172891651 | @LizHighleyman @kprather88 @loafnw @mtosterholm @brosseau_lisa @linseymarr @jljcolorado @DrPieterPeach @DavidElfstrom @BarryHunt008 @trishgreenhalgh @jeremyphoward @Globalbiosec @DFisman @ConversationUS EBM is a subordinate epistemology to empirical physics. If we used EBM to determine whether empirically proven NPIs "work", we'd be drinking sludge instead of having engineered clean water. 2 people in a room, 1 with covid, both properly wearing N99 = 10,000x less virus inhaled. | 19 |
| 1625218693054754816 | @LizHighleyman @kprather88 @loafnw @mtosterholm @brosseau_lisa @linseymarr @jljcolorado @DrPieterPeach @DavidElfstrom @BarryHunt008 @trishgreenhalgh @Globalbiosec @DFisman @ConversationUS You do realise that @trishgreenhalgh literally wrote the book on evidence based medicine, right? Your claim in the article that Cochrane reviews are the best way to assess NPIs is just not right. WHO guidelines say non-RCT evidence is needed for NPIs. | 16 |
| 1627788300139352065 | “I can tell you right now. Ask me what I would recommend to my loved ones. Ask me what I would recommend to the people who matter most to me. Get the vaccine." – @mtosterholm, @PublicHealthUMN Regents Professor @CIDRAP @wccoradio https://t.co/aKgSRIWFAy | 14 |
| 1625222339511058433 | @jeremyphoward @LizHighleyman @kprather88 @loafnw @mtosterholm @brosseau_lisa @linseymarr @jljcolorado @DrPieterPeach @DavidElfstrom @BarryHunt008 @Globalbiosec @DFisman @ConversationUS We are in “evidence is what powerful people say it is” territory. If the strongest argument against masks is “Cochrane says that’s a fact” - meh. | 9 |
| 1625205166944440320 | @loafnw @LizHighleyman @mtosterholm Or @brosseau_lisa @linseymarr @jljcolorado @DrPieterPeach @DavidElfstrom @BarryHunt008 @trishgreenhalgh @jeremyphoward and hundreds of others who have published peer reviewed literature showing masks work? | 7 |
| 1625219145066512384 | @LizHighleyman @kprather88 @loafnw @mtosterholm @brosseau_lisa @linseymarr @jljcolorado @DrPieterPeach @DavidElfstrom @BarryHunt008 @trishgreenhalgh @Globalbiosec @DFisman @ConversationUS To directly contradict, in your article's headline no less, the published work of @trishgreenhalgh is totally inappropriate. | 5 |
| 1625965210329657345 | "I don't think we have a real sense of what variants to be concerned about and which not to be. We've seen this before: What might appear to be a challenging variant turns out not to be a real challenge." – @mtosterholm, SPH Regents Professor @CIDRAPhttps://t.co/82pclX53RC | 5 |
| 1625332148604481538 | @LizHighleyman @kprather88 @loafnw @mtosterholm @brosseau_lisa @linseymarr @jljcolorado @DrPieterPeach @DavidElfstrom @BarryHunt008 @trishgreenhalgh @jeremyphoward @Globalbiosec @DFisman @ConversationUS Other kind of evidence beside RCTs is used to design parachutes, seatbelts, helmets, safety shoes, hazmat suits, etc. There is no need for RCTs when the applicable physical laws are fully understood. | 5 |
| 1625682149050314756 | @SobsInEpi @BarryHunt008 @mtosterholm said in his podcast that the WH Covid Council recommended 5 day isolation just for HC workers in case of a crisis. Walensky turned that into guidance for everyone which was never the intent. | 4 |
| 1625266060105506816 | Podcast: @mtosterholm discusses the path of the #COVIDpandemic worldwide, reviews the evidence on long #COVID19, & provides info on #H5N1 #avianinfluenza. https://t.co/uenIZr5nXI @CIDRAP | 4 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1625218693054754816 | @LizHighleyman @kprather88 @loafnw @mtosterholm @brosseau_lisa @linseymarr @jljcolorado @DrPieterPeach @DavidElfstrom @BarryHunt008 @trishgreenhalgh @Globalbiosec @DFisman @ConversationUS You do realise that @trishgreenhalgh literally wrote the book on evidence based medicine, right? Your claim in the article that Cochrane reviews are the best way to assess NPIs is just not right. WHO guidelines say non-RCT evidence is needed for NPIs. | 105 |
| 1625205166944440320 | @loafnw @LizHighleyman @mtosterholm Or @brosseau_lisa @linseymarr @jljcolorado @DrPieterPeach @DavidElfstrom @BarryHunt008 @trishgreenhalgh @jeremyphoward and hundreds of others who have published peer reviewed literature showing masks work? | 100 |
| 1625259741172891651 | @LizHighleyman @kprather88 @loafnw @mtosterholm @brosseau_lisa @linseymarr @jljcolorado @DrPieterPeach @DavidElfstrom @BarryHunt008 @trishgreenhalgh @jeremyphoward @Globalbiosec @DFisman @ConversationUS EBM is a subordinate epistemology to empirical physics. If we used EBM to determine whether empirically proven NPIs "work", we'd be drinking sludge instead of having engineered clean water. 2 people in a room, 1 with covid, both properly wearing N99 = 10,000x less virus inhaled. | 77 |
| 1625222339511058433 | @jeremyphoward @LizHighleyman @kprather88 @loafnw @mtosterholm @brosseau_lisa @linseymarr @jljcolorado @DrPieterPeach @DavidElfstrom @BarryHunt008 @Globalbiosec @DFisman @ConversationUS We are in “evidence is what powerful people say it is” territory. If the strongest argument against masks is “Cochrane says that’s a fact” - meh. | 74 |
| 1625219145066512384 | @LizHighleyman @kprather88 @loafnw @mtosterholm @brosseau_lisa @linseymarr @jljcolorado @DrPieterPeach @DavidElfstrom @BarryHunt008 @trishgreenhalgh @Globalbiosec @DFisman @ConversationUS To directly contradict, in your article's headline no less, the published work of @trishgreenhalgh is totally inappropriate. | 45 |
| 1625682149050314756 | @SobsInEpi @BarryHunt008 @mtosterholm said in his podcast that the WH Covid Council recommended 5 day isolation just for HC workers in case of a crisis. Walensky turned that into guidance for everyone which was never the intent. | 43 |
| 1624881585123205125 | @CovidSolidarit1 If someone reads Time magazine and watches the evening news, but they don't go on Twitter or tune into certain other media sources like @mtosterholm podcast, they tend to not know essential truths about COVID. I face this struggle with my elderly parents all the time. | 22 |
| 1625237438166872064 | @kprather88 Not making semantic distinction throughout pandemic has been a problem resulting in people wearing inadequately effective or ineffective respiratory protection and getting infected. @mtosterholm said in March 2020 that only N95s or better were effective bec. #COVIDisAirborne. | 20 |
| 1627788300139352065 | “I can tell you right now. Ask me what I would recommend to my loved ones. Ask me what I would recommend to the people who matter most to me. Get the vaccine." – @mtosterholm, @PublicHealthUMN Regents Professor @CIDRAP @wccoradio https://t.co/aKgSRIWFAy | 18 |
| 1625239374345510913 | @DeVerdadera1 @kprather88 @mtosterholm yeah, but people who are attacking mandates use these inaccuracies to support their cause instead of saying -we need better masks | 18 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #covid19 | 45 |
| #h5n1 | 4 |
| #covid | 3 |
| #paxlovid | 3 |
| #covidisnotover | 3 |
| #covidpandemic | 2 |
| #avianinfluenza | 2 |
| #longcovid | 2 |
| #covidprevention | 1 |
| #coviddeaths | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @mtosterholm | 178 |
| @drericding | 55 |
| @cidrap | 53 |
| @kprather88 | 51 |
| @trishgreenhalgh | 43 |
| @erictopol | 41 |
| @covidwatch | 38 |
| @lizhighleyman | 37 |
| @barryhunt008 | 37 |
| @brosseau_lisa | 36 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
11
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 👇 | 5 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| 👏 | 3 | clapping_hands |
| 🤦 | 2 | person_facepalming |
| 🎯 | 2 | bullseye |
| ⬇️ | 1 | down_arrow |
| 🎧 | 1 | headphone |
| 👍 | 1 | thumbs_up |
| ✊ | 1 | raised_fist |
| 🤣 | 1 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 😂 | 1 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| People & Body | 13 |
| Smileys & Emotion | 4 |
| Activities | 2 |
| Symbols | 1 |
| Objects | 1 |
| Travel & Places | 1 |
| Animals & Nature | 1 |