1/ How early and how often have country leaders tweeted about #Coronavirus?

I downloaded the tweets of 9 Presidents and PMs, hand-coded them as Virus or Non-Virus, and plotted daily tweets from January 1 to March 16.

PDF: bit.ly/ks2020pdf
Data: bit.ly/ks2020virus 2/ Key Insights 1

- 🇰🇷@moonriver365, 🇯🇵@AbeShinzo & 🇸🇬@leehsienloong tweet less in general but have used 50%+ of all tweets since January 1 for virus-related information

- #Singapore & #SouthKorea leaders have been tweeting steady flows of prep & risk info since late January

Who should you follow for info on #Coronavirus?

Here is a list of people I am following who have enriched my understanding of the medical, public health, and economic impacts of #COVID19 in the #US and #Canada.

I’d love to hear who you are following. Please share! 1/14 I’ve provided a brief description and rationale for each follow. You can subscribe to my list here: twitter.com/i/lists/123708…

I strongly suggest you also follow public health orgs/officials like @NIAIDNews @CDCgov and @CPHO_Canada and local agencies or news outlets you trust. 2/14