Joint Shantou International Eye Center, Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China.
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Euro Surveill. 2020 Mar;25(10). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.10.2000199.
The peak of Internet searches and social media data about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak occurred 10-14 days earlier than the peak of daily incidences in China. Internet searches and social media data had high correlation with daily incidences, with the maximum r > 0.89 in all correlations. The lag correlations also showed a maximum correlation at 8-12 days for laboratory-confirmed cases and 6-8 days for suspected cases.
新冠病毒疾病 2019(COVID-19)爆发的互联网搜索和社交媒体数据峰值比中国每日新增病例的峰值早 10-14 天。互联网搜索和社交媒体数据与每日新增病例具有高度相关性,所有相关性的 r 值均>0.89。滞后相关性也显示出实验室确诊病例的最大相关性为 8-12 天,疑似病例为 6-8 天。