Integrating geographic information system technique with Google trends data to analyse COVID-19 severity and public interest
Document Type
Letter to the Editor
Publication Title
Public Health
ISSN
00333506
Volume
189
First Page
3
Last Page
4
Publisher
Springer
School
School of Business and Law
Abstract
At the time of writing, the tally of confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases worldwide has exceeded 26.6 million.1 The United States has become the global epicentre since April 2020, and now it is accounted for nearly one-quarter of the world's total cases. Some studies suggest that health-related issues can cause anxiety which may lead to increased public attention, typically manifested by online information search.2,3 Along the same lines, given the substantial regional disparities of COVID-19 case severities across states in the United States, the relationship between regional case severities and the public interest emerges as an imperative for COVID-19–based public health studies.
DOI
10.1016/j.puhe.2020.09.005
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Zhang, T. (2020). Integrating geographic information system technique with Google trends data to analyse COVID-19 severity and public interest. Public Health, 189, 3-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2020.09.005