What Doctors and Nurses are currently sharing about COVID-19 online
Qntfy is using our Cohort Analytics Platform to analyze and report on the conversations, health, and wellbeing of healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the second blog post in our series. Learn more about the background and methods in our introductory post.
Qntfy is currently analyzing public discourse among thousands of English-speaking healthcare professionals (HCPs). We’ve been publishing daily summaries all week to help amplify and educate on the topics HCPs are talking about online.
Here are the most popular links from the past week shared by healthcare professionals online, sorted by the major topics that emerged from the data.
Science and medical information
- IHME | COVID-19 Projections
- CDC: Information for Health Departments on Reporting Cases of COVID-19
- ScienceDirect: Can early and high intravenous dose of vitamin C prevent and treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)?
- CDC: Presymptomatic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 — Singapore, January 23 — March 16, 2020 (Early Release / April 1, 2020)
- CDC: Release of Stockpiled N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators Beyond the Manufacturer-Designated Shelf Life: Considerations for the COVID-19 Response
- Science: Not wearing masks to protect against coronavirus is a ‘big mistake,’ top Chinese scientist says
- National Geographic: How some cities ‘flattened the curve’ during the 1918 flu pandemic
Popular News
- Bloomberg: U.S. Jobless Claims Soar to Once-Unthinkable Record 6.65 Million
- The Guardian: The missing six weeks: how Trump failed the biggest test of his life
- Seattle Times: ER doctor who criticized Bellingham hospital’s coronavirus protections has been fired
- New York Times: More Americans Should Probably Wear Masks for Protection
- New York Times: The Lost Month: How a Failure to Test Blinded the U.S. to Covid-19
- Forbes: I Spent A Day In The Coronavirus-Driven Feeding Frenzy Of N95 Mask Sellers And Buyers And This Is What I Learned
Most popular messages
We also took a look at some of the messages that have been most frequently shared and amplified by members of the HCP cohort, to get a more direct sense of what people were feeling.
My friend realised he had coronavirus and stayed at home to self-isolate. He was following the government’s advice and ended up dying alone in his flat yesterday at the age of just 50. Please check up on anyone you know is self-isolating on their own. No one should die alone.
My response to the whole “You signed up for this” argument. Yes, we signed up to care for sick people, but under the condition that we have proper PPE. None of us signed up for a suicide mission.
“Roughly 280 million masks in warehouses around the U.S. were purchased by foreign buyers on Monday alone, according to Forbes. A FEMA spokesperson said the agency ‘has not actively encouraged or discouraged U.S. companies from exporting overseas’.” https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/31/pence-task-force-coronavirus-aid-157806
My eldest stepson was put on a ventilator today. He was on the front lines & contracted COVID because of insufficient PPE. I cannot be with him or hold his hand. He’s alone in a room 1/2 a continent away paying the price of another’s callousness. Pray for him please.
Nurses are being threatened and disciplined for advocating for the proper personal protective equipment to protect themselves and others from #COVID19. @NationalNurses is demanding that @ahahospitals listen to the science and #ProtectNurses. Add your name: https://act.medicare4all.org/signup/aha-stop-threatening-nurses
My brother died last night. Alone. His wife was not permitted to be with him. His daughters were kept from seeing him. Please explain to me how dRump has made America great again. Ignoring issues does not address them. He has not made anything great. Ever.
These messages provide a strong representation of the sentiment we saw throughout the week: major concerns about PPE and on the job safety, significant negative mental health impacts, and calls for solidarity and people to look out for each other among HCPs and within the general public.
Where we go from here
Qntfy will continue to analyze and provide daily reports, and do further analysis to improve our reporting. In the next week, we may be able to share data comparing discourse between HCPs and the general public, and/or looking at differences between medical professions. Qntfy is actively working with partners in the non-profit and public sector to put these insights in the hands of the individuals and organizations best-positioned to act on them.
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