How politics affect pandemic forecasting: spatio-temporal early warning capabilities of different geo-social media topics in the context of state-level political leaning

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Authors

Dorian Arifi · Salzburg University of Applied Sciences

Bernd Resch · Harvard University

Mauricio Santillana · Northeastern University

Steffen Knoblauch · Heidelberg University of Education

Sven Lautenbach · Stiftung Rehabilitation Heidelberg (Germany)

Thomas Jaenisch · Colorado School of Public Health

Ivonne Morales

Abstract

Our results highlight the need for a dynamic spatially targeted approach that accounts for both how regional geosocial media topics of interest change over time and the impact of local political ideology on their epidemiological early warning capabilities.

Topics & Keywords

COVID-19 epidemiological studies Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Misinformation and Its Impacts

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Frontiers in Public Health

Volume 13, pp. 1618347-1618347

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1618347

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