Pollett, S., & Rivers, C. (2020). Social Media and the New World of Scientific Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 71(16), 2184-2186. https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/71/16/2184/5836313?login=true

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Suggested that Twitter was crucial in allowing for large scale real-time global communications between scientists and researchers during the COVID-19 pandemic by examining three aspects to the exchange of scientific information on Twitter:
- Outbreak genomics in the age of Twitter
- Open-source epidemiology: early COVID-19 line listing and epidemic parameter estimation through social media
- Snakes and ladders: the opportunities and challenges of Twitter in scientific conduct and communication during public health emergencies

Social Media and the New World of Scientific Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Outbreak genomics in the age of Twitter
- Twitter increased the dissemination of the first genome sequence associated with COVID-19 to determine the transmission of the virus
- Twitter allowed for easy sharing of bioinformatic freeware and protocols 

Open-source epidemiology: early COVID-19 line listing and epidemic parameter estimation through social media
- The use Twitter in crowd-sourcing line-list case data collected from open data sources and media reports
- Scientific commentary on datasets allowed for meticulous dissemination and interpretation of published estimates 

Snakes and ladders: the opportunities and challenges of Twitter in scientific conduct and communication during public health emergencies
- Twitter also allowed counterpoints to be raised, discussed, and even accepted by the scientific community due to discussions and dissemination of literature
- Continue to be wary of the rapid communication via Twitter 

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