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Table 1 Example messages

From: OMG U got flu? Analysis of shared health messages for bio-surveillance

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Message

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I

P

W

S

el

home this weekend? i’ve been off work all week with the flu

+

-

-

-

+

e2

there is alot more to preparing for Swine Flu than just washing your hands

-

-

-

-

-

e3

everyone wash your hands.. no one wants swine flu

-

+

-

-

-

e4

awl u need to go get to the doc so u dnt past da swine flu

-

-

-

-

-

e5

it’s 2:10pm, I have flu and I’m still wearing my pajama

-

-

-

-

+

e6

I have the flu. I had a normal flu shot

-

-

+

-

+

e7

This guy has a nasty cough! Thank god he’s sitting far away from me - the swine flu travels

+

-

-

-

-

e8

I’m sick too… cold or flu, I don’t know… I couldn’t go to work today…

+

-

-

-

+

e9

Trivia for tonight has been cancelled due to flu bug

+

-

-

-

-

e10

Feel like I’ve washed my hands a 1000 times Gotta loveworkin during cold & flu season

-

+

-

-

-

ell

overhyped public scare. I want to remove this mask

-

-

-

+

-

e12

i don’t know. she just keeps getting sick, but it’s not the flu. i hate keeping her off school

-

-

-

-

-

e13

i feel terrible, don’t want to be at work, wish id never had the h1n1 jab

-

-

+

-

-

e14

Some cleaning products were especially made to kill the H1N1 …

-

-

-

-

-

e15

She has a surgical mask on in the movies I’m nervous hope it’s not h1n1

-

-

-

-

-

e16

regretting not getting a flu shot this year

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-

-

-

-

  1. Positive (+) and negative (-) examples of classified messages.