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Using social media as a public health surveillance tool
Becker's Hospital Review
Social media. Those two words have drastically changed how we communicate over the last decade. Information is available instantly, in real-time, with people worldwide providing status updates with pictures and videos with attached timestamps and location information. From public sentiment about national issues to backlash about a local development, from an eye witness account of an event to a review of a popular restaurant, from photos and videos of what people are up to with family and friends to how they’re feeling that day – social media media is a wealth of information.