Figure 2
From: Chinese social media reaction to the MERS-CoV and avian influenza A(H7N9) outbreaks
Chinese online community's reaction to Chinese government's press releases on avian influenza A(H7N9) in 2013. The daily numbers of Weibo posts that contain “H7N9”, “avian flu”, or both per million posts in the sample of about 50,000 users that have ≥10,000 followers, from January 1 to June 30, 2013, are shown here. Notes: 1) The volume of H7N9-related Weibo posts reached its first peak on April 5, 2013, five days after the first press release of the Chinese government on human infection of avian influenza A (H7N9); 2) a second peak was observed on April 13, 2013, the day when the Beijing municipal authorities announced that one case was diagnosed as H7N9-positive in Beijing.