Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @CMAJ
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
130
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-10
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-20
Tweets covering
10 days
Average age of authors' accounts
9 years
Summarization
A team from Ontario, Canada has reported a 44% reduction of hospitalizations and 51% reduction of deaths in patients treated with the drug Paxlovid, which was effective regardless of age or vaccination status. The CMAJ has also released a new policy to encourage reporting of race and ethnicity in health research. Additional studies suggest that Paxlovid is useful in COVID patients, with only 5% of Ontarians currently receiving the drug. A letter published by the CMAJ also calls for initiatives to reduce the gender pay gap in medicine and implement blood donor surveillance to combat SARS-CoV-2. Additional commentary has been provided by CMAJ interviews, focusing on health care funding and the importance of community-based primary care in health systems. The CMAJ has also address the potential association between vaccine exposure and Alzheimer's disease.
Topic Modeling
- Role of CMAJ in public health research
- COVID-19 prevention and treatment
- Reporting race and ethnicity in health research
- Gender pay gap in medicine
- Surveillance of blood donors and COVID-19
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions, from excitement and appreciation to concern and caution. There is a sense of hope in the reports of the effectiveness of Paxlovid, and excitement about the new policy to report race and ethnicity in health research. There is also a feeling of urgency in the call for increased funding for healthcare and the need to focus upstream of ER in the community and primary care. The tweets also express gratitude to those leading the way in reporting and collecting data, as well as appreciation for the thoughtful and practical guidance and guidelines.
Trend Analysis
- Effectiveness of Paxlovid
- Ethnic and racial representation in healthcare research
- Gender pay gap in medicine
- Blood donor surveillance and potential effects of SARS-CoV-2
- Respiratory therapists & the work overload and importance of primary care
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
40
Percentage of total tweets
30%
Number of Original tweets
26
Percentage of total tweets
20%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
130
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
57
Percentage of total tweets
43%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
12
Percentage of total tweets
9%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
34
Percentage of total tweets
26%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter Web App | 54 |
Twitter for iPhone | 46 |
Twitter for Android | 19 |
Hootsuite Inc. | 5 |
Twitter for iPad | 2 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
EricTopol | Eric Topol | physician-scientist, author, editor https://t.co/vwstu2BYrC Ground Truths: https://t.co/YhatcCa3jA | 684,855 |
MoriartyLab | Tara Moriarty | 🏳️🌈🇨🇦Assoc Prof @UofT. Bloodborne infections, Lyme disease, misinfo. @COVID_19_Canada @ScienceUpFirst. Opinions mine. @MoriartyLab@med-mastodon.com | 38,669 |
IrfanDhalla | Irfan Dhalla | Vice-president and general internist @unityhealthto, associate prof @uoftmedicine, and very fortunate husband and father. He/him. | 35,203 |
CIHI_ICIS | CIHI_ICIS | Canada’s leading source of high-quality health data.Principale source de données de grande qualité sur la santé au pays. | 34,296 |
UnityHealthTO | Unity Health Toronto | The official account for Unity Health Toronto, comprised of Providence Healthcare, St. Joseph's Health Centre and St. Michael’s Hospital. #BestCareExperiences | 33,029 |
TheSGEM | Ken Milne MD | Remember to be skeptical of anything you learn, even if you heard it on the Skeptics’ Guide to EM. (he/him) | 25,428 |
theresaboyle | Theresa Boyle | Health journo @TorontoStar, #SCAD survivor, Well-being Champion. Tweet on #SDoH, social justice, human/animal rights, #bullying #burnout #journalism #DEI #MeToo | 23,359 |
heritagetoronto | Heritage Toronto | Building a better Toronto by bringing people together to explore our shared past and peoples’ lived experiences #HTtours #HTawards #HTplaques #StateOfHeritage | 19,551 |
agingdoc1 | 🥼Agingdoc1⭐MD, PhD 🔔 | 🙏See pinned FAQs!😊 Geroscience/biogerontology, longevity, aging research, nutrition, exercise, healthspan, lifespan, rapamycin, autophagy...No medical advice | 17,745 |
ICESOntario | ICES | Our mission is translating data into trusted evidence that makes policy and health care better and people healthier. | 16,851 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
HealthWorksBC | 🏳️🌈🇨🇦Paul Gallant, CHE,MHK. He/Him.NL-BC | Healthcare leader/consultant with 40 years experience. NL raised & BC dwelling.Strategic improvements x sectors. Editor #CdnHealth Daily. #bcpoli #bchealth | 6,658 |
Samir_Grover | Samir C. Grover MD | Gastroenterologist SMH @UnityHealthTO | @CanEndoData | Res Pgm Dir @UofTGastroHep | Assoc Prof @UofT_DOM | #JCAG @JCanAssnGastro | (he/him) | 5,902 |
drshahrul80 | Syed Shahrul Naz | Emergency Physician 🇲🇾 | Member of the Malaysian Society of Intensive Care | ED-ICU | EM CCM | PoCUS | #FOAMcc | 5,585 |
theresaboyle | Theresa Boyle | Health journo @TorontoStar, #SCAD survivor, Well-being Champion. Tweet on #SDoH, social justice, human/animal rights, #bullying #burnout #journalism #DEI #MeToo | 5,492 |
ickiestvicki | Scientist & N95 #DavosSafe 😷💉 | tectonics! teacher! activist! northwestern Ontario in treaty 3 land! friend of 1st people! thoughts all mine! she/her/they/anything but he or him | 4,999 |
Showboat7 | Showboat7 | Working for Clean Water. Working for a Democratic plan for Climate Change. It's a New Deal moment in time. | 4,995 |
CarolynShimmin | Carolyn Shimmin | #PatientEngagement in Health Research Lead @CHImbca ; PhD student @UM_RadyFHS @UoM_CHS #healthequity, #sdoh, #intersectionality #traumainformed (she/her) | 4,944 |
TravelEater | 🇨🇦 ✍🏽 Johanna Read | ▪️Responsible tourism writer. Bylines: Nat Geo/Fodor’s/T+L/TIME/Forbes/Lonely Planet.▪️Management consultant & former Govt of 🇨🇦 exec. IG:@TravelEaterJohanna | 4,915 |
blackdocscanada | Black Physicians of Canada | Uniting, supporting, amplifying, & empowering Black physicians, physicians in training, patients and the Black community in Canada 🇨🇦 info@blackphysicians.ca | 4,883 |
utpress | University of Toronto Press | Founded in 1901, UTP is Canada's leading scholarly publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America. Follow UTP Journals @utpjournals. | 4,859 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
TheSGEM | Remember to be skeptical of anything you learn, even if you heard it on the Skeptics’ Guide to EM. (he/him) | 10 |
TheStory | - | 3 |
ICESOntario | Our mission is translating data into trusted evidence that makes policy and health care better and people healthier. | 3 |
drstanbrook | Deputy Editor @CMAJ, Associate Professor @uoftmedicine, Respirologist @UHN, Affiliate Scientist @ICESOntario, dad of 2 amazing kids | 3 |
PaulAtkinsonEM | Prof Emergency Medicine @DalMedSchool @sjrhem; Asst Dean Research @DalMedNB; Deputy Editor @CJEMonline. Co-D @CanPoCUS; N'Irish origins. All views my own | 3 |
DrToddLee | Clinician-scientist @mcgillu Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Co-inventor of https://t.co/WgP4GAWoCR Immortal-time Lord | 3 |
JamieGoodson123 | Hmm | 2 |
DenilsaAndrer | Admin da Zintros FodasDeus abençoe a todos os admins e suas famílias.Declaramos total apoio aos senhores Pastor Denilsa e Capitão Bolsonaro | 2 |
MedicsVoices | Curating innovative research, important issues, and the views of key opinion leaders across the world of medicine | 2 |
jocalynclark | International Editor @bmj_latest Former @TheLancet @PLOSMedicine @icddr_b Adj prof @UofTMed @UCLGlobalHealth Canadian in London 🇨🇦🇬🇧 #TeamLH Views my own. | 2 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1625092033751678978 | CMAJ has a new policy to encourage and standardize reporting of race and ethnicity in health research - check it out @CMAJ ! https://t.co/Z6YEMi94gr | 47 |
1625285320534290432 | New Ontario, Canada report of Paxlovid effectiveness shows 44% reduction of hospitalizations, 51% reduction of deaths (point estimates) without being significantly affected by age (67% age 70+) or vaccination status https://t.co/b3AQq8tmax @CMAJ https://t.co/3xej0K2xIm | 47 |
1626235287507726339 | A thread about our recent study on #paxlovid@CMAJ @ICESOntario @PublicHealthON @Mina__T @BRxAD https://t.co/JqTQvRcD32 | 9 |
1627680748009574401 | “Administration of vasopressors through peripheral venous catheters.”#IntensiveCare #MedTwitter #CardioTwitter #MedEd #sepsis #FOAMed #FOAMcc #CriticalCare #EmergencyMedicine #PedsICU #ICU #PharmaTwitter #EMCCM 📚 https://t.co/cwrog5E6Ck @CMAJ https://t.co/aNbGUYBi4A | 8 |
1625132803611394048 | In a new #study out in @CMAJ, researchers from @PublicHealthON & @ICESOntario evaluated the effectiveness of #Paxlovid & found a 44% ⬇️ in the likelihood of hospitalization and death from #COVID19 in people at risk of severe illness: https://t.co/zOm1o9Wh7P https://t.co/NkT7zbfIR4 | 6 |
1625261075393400838 | A letter published @CMAJ argues blood donor surveillance would make a valuable contribution to public health efforts. @CanadasLifeline currently provides ongoing estimates of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence through a collaboration with the CITF. https://t.co/NVUHaGovvp https://t.co/FRtAThA1Ch | 5 |
1625148773595848707 | This figure, in a new @CMAJ paper by @DrKevinSchwartz et al., provides real-world evidence re: usefulness of Paxlovid in people with Covid. One of the findings that struck me reading the paper is that only ~5% of Ontarians with Covid are getting the drug. https://t.co/yQGWIKrhYq https://t.co/fvE5SFDzA2 | 4 |
1626586787845120002 | Nice to see @OntariosDoctors take concrete steps to quantify and address the #GenderPayGap in medicineWhat more can we do? @DocMCohen and I suggest a range of actions that can be taken @CMAJ https://t.co/45tmrHfgNK https://t.co/Ddb5xMX6Lb | 3 |
1625554542220673031 | Thoughtful and practical guidance and guidelines from @CMAJ on reporting race and ethnicity in research. Thank you @BukolaKSalami and @drstanbrook @hdrn_rrds @IPDLN @ICESOntario https://t.co/QBoyupRkmM | 3 |
1625306197116026880 | Congrats @drstanbrook and @CMAJ Thank you for leading the way and promoting the collection of SDOH in health research @CCCTG is committed to collecting SDOH and evaluating the representativeness of our research participants https://t.co/KwMEByYok2 https://t.co/fxuT4VQMmA | 3 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1625285320534290432 | New Ontario, Canada report of Paxlovid effectiveness shows 44% reduction of hospitalizations, 51% reduction of deaths (point estimates) without being significantly affected by age (67% age 70+) or vaccination status https://t.co/b3AQq8tmax @CMAJ https://t.co/3xej0K2xIm | 139 |
1625092033751678978 | CMAJ has a new policy to encourage and standardize reporting of race and ethnicity in health research - check it out @CMAJ ! https://t.co/Z6YEMi94gr | 77 |
1627680748009574401 | “Administration of vasopressors through peripheral venous catheters.”#IntensiveCare #MedTwitter #CardioTwitter #MedEd #sepsis #FOAMed #FOAMcc #CriticalCare #EmergencyMedicine #PedsICU #ICU #PharmaTwitter #EMCCM 📚 https://t.co/cwrog5E6Ck @CMAJ https://t.co/aNbGUYBi4A | 40 |
1626586787845120002 | Nice to see @OntariosDoctors take concrete steps to quantify and address the #GenderPayGap in medicineWhat more can we do? @DocMCohen and I suggest a range of actions that can be taken @CMAJ https://t.co/45tmrHfgNK https://t.co/Ddb5xMX6Lb | 16 |
1625261075393400838 | A letter published @CMAJ argues blood donor surveillance would make a valuable contribution to public health efforts. @CanadasLifeline currently provides ongoing estimates of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence through a collaboration with the CITF. https://t.co/NVUHaGovvp https://t.co/FRtAThA1Ch | 16 |
1625148773595848707 | This figure, in a new @CMAJ paper by @DrKevinSchwartz et al., provides real-world evidence re: usefulness of Paxlovid in people with Covid. One of the findings that struck me reading the paper is that only ~5% of Ontarians with Covid are getting the drug. https://t.co/yQGWIKrhYq https://t.co/fvE5SFDzA2 | 14 |
1626235287507726339 | A thread about our recent study on #paxlovid@CMAJ @ICESOntario @PublicHealthON @Mina__T @BRxAD https://t.co/JqTQvRcD32 | 14 |
1625325091042267137 | @COVIDimmunityTF @MoriartyLab @CMAJ @CanadasLifeline The surveillance wouldn't include, of course, anyone who contracts COVID while donating blood. Canadian Blood Services should require K/N95s (even masks would help a little) to protect donors, staff and volunteers from airborne viruses. | 10 |
1625145090376183809 | A new study led by @DrKevinSchwartz found the drug Paxlovid lowers risk of COVID-19 death, hospitalization @ICESOntario @CMAJ @PublicHealthON: https://t.co/IaxqZfb3KT | 8 |
1625497864318382082 | Thanks to @CMAJ for speaking with our CEO, Andrew West, and highlighting the state of overworked #respiratory therapists in Canada https://t.co/tqyaaFSfZ5 | 8 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#covid19 | 8 |
#medtwitter | 7 |
#paxlovid | 5 |
#cdnhealth | 4 |
#study | 3 |
#healthequity | 3 |
#intensivecare | 2 |
#cardiotwitter | 2 |
#meded | 2 |
#sepsis | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@cmaj | 130 |
@drkevinschwartz | 20 |
@irfandhalla | 15 |
@docmcohen | 14 |
@icesontario | 12 |
@raghu_venugopal | 11 |
@srpc_residents | 10 |
@thenosm | 10 |
@drstanbrook | 9 |
@picardonhealth | 9 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
19
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
➡️ | 9 | right_arrow |
👏🏾 | 3 | clapping_hands_medium-dark_skin_tone |
⬇️ | 3 | down_arrow |
📢 | 3 | loudspeaker |
📚 | 2 | books |
🙏 | 1 | folded_hands |
😂 | 1 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
💪 | 1 | flexed_biceps |
🇨🇦 | 1 | Canada |
‼️ | 1 | double_exclamation_mark |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Symbols | 13 |
Objects | 5 |
People & Body | 5 |
Smileys & Emotion | 1 |
Flags | 1 |