Web and social media searches highlight menstrual irregularities as a global concern in COVID-19 vaccinations
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Abstract
Delineation of public concerns that prevent vaccine compliance is a major step in generating assurances and enhancing the success of COVID-19 prevention programs. We therefore sought to identify public concerns associated with COVID-19 vaccines, as reflected by web and social media searches, with a focus on menstrual irregularities. We used trajectory analyses of web and social media search data in combination with global COVID-19 data to reveal time-dependent correlations between vaccination rates and the relative volume of vaccine and period related searches. A surge of period and vaccine related Google searches followed the introduction of Covid vaccines around the world, and the commencement of vaccination programs in English speaking countries and across the United States. The relative volume of searches such as “Covid vaccine menstrual irregularities”, “Covid vaccine menstrual period”, “Pfizer vaccine menstruation”, and “Moderna vaccine menstruation” was each significantly correlated with vaccination rates (Spearman r = 0.42–0.88, P = 4.33 × 10 –34 –1.55 × 10 –5 ), and significantly different before and after the introduction of Covid vaccines (Mann–Whitney P = 2.00 × 10 –21 –7.10 × 10 –20 ). TikTok users were more engaged in period problems in 2021 than ever before. International, national, and state-level correlations between COVID-19 vaccinations and online activity demonstrate a global major concern of vaccine-related menstrual irregularities. Whether it is a potential side effect or an unfounded worry, monitoring of web and social media activity could reveal the public perception of COVID-19 prevention efforts, which could then be directly addressed and translated into insightful public health strategies.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2022.01.30.22270125: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable We also mined TikTok, a social network serving more than a billion users, 53% of whom are female and 78% of whom are under the age of 2413. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources We used Google Trends9 to examine the relative volume of searches for the combination of “vaccine” and “period” in English speaking countries and across the US between January 2020 and November 2021. Googlesuggested: (Google, RRID:SCR_017097)Results from OddPub: Thank you for sharing your code and data.
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of …SciScore for 10.1101/2022.01.30.22270125: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable We also mined TikTok, a social network serving more than a billion users, 53% of whom are female and 78% of whom are under the age of 2413. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources We used Google Trends9 to examine the relative volume of searches for the combination of “vaccine” and “period” in English speaking countries and across the US between January 2020 and November 2021. Googlesuggested: (Google, RRID:SCR_017097)Results from OddPub: Thank you for sharing your code and data.
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
Results from rtransparent:- Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.
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