Mining the Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients in China: Analysis of Social Media Posts

Chunmei Huang   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Xinjie Xu   ^{2 *} , BMed ;   Yuyang Cai   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Qinmin Ge   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Guangwang Zeng   ^{1, 4 *} , BMed ;   Xiaopan Li   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Weide Zhang   ⁷ , MD ;   Chen Ji   ⁸ , PhD ;   Ling Yang   ¹ , PhD

¹ Department of Geriatrics, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

² Department of Emergency, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

³ School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

⁴ The Health Center of Nansheng Town, Wuzhishan, China

⁵ Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China

⁶ Pudong Institute of Preventive Medicine, Pudong New Area, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

⁷ Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Center, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

⁸ Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally