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Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/87723, first published .
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Social Contagion in COVID-19 Discussions Within the Belgian Reddit Community: Statistical and Modeling Study

Social Contagion in COVID-19 Discussions Within the Belgian Reddit Community: Statistical and Modeling Study

Tim Van Wesemael   1 , MSc ;   Luis Enrique Correa Rocha   2, 3 , PhD ;   Tijs W Alleman   4, 5 , PhD ;   Jan M Baetens   1 , PhD

1 BionamiX, Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Flanders, Belgium

2 Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Ghent, Flanders, Belgium

3 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ghent University, Ghent, Flanders, Belgium

4 Department of Public and Ecosystem Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States

5 Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Tim Van Wesemael, MSc
  • BionamiX, Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling
  • Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University
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  • Ghent, Flanders 9000
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  • Email: tim.vanwesemael@ugent.be