By taking advantage of Paraqeet’s location feature, we captured the conversations surrounding #COVID19 on a country-to-country basis. Here’s an inside look at the networks driving the #COVID19 conversations in New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.
New Zealand’s status: COVID-free
New Zealand’s network is analogous to its COVID-19 case count, which is remarkably low. The conversations surrounding COVID-19 in NZ reflect a country that has fared well and has the luxury of time to discuss why moving to the back of the vaccine queue might be a good idea.
South Africa deals with unpredictability
The unpredictability of this pandemic comes to bear in South Africa’s network. We witness a conversation quickly go from hope to concern when the effectiveness of a promising vaccine against a dominant variant in the country is suddenly questioned.
The United Kingdom’s unified effort
At the center of the U.K.’s network is a cluster of government-run accounts. A coordinated information campaign, pioneered by the U.K.’s National Health Service, successfully generated influence, spreading important #COVID19 information.
The United States (by state)
The state-by-state nature of the U.S. network is representative of public health governance, which is divided among federal, state and local authorities. #COVID19 information relevant to different states formed clusters of its own, giving us a peek into the top news stories in California, Ohio and Arizona.
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