health_tweets: 63229

The full text of tweets and selected Twitter metadata from the Twitter accounts of state and local public officials, as well as education and health agencies, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. We begin with state governors with more data to come. Where possible, please cite Big Local News as collecting and disseminating this information. We ask because it helps us show the impact we can have and that makes it easier to create ongoing support for Big Local News.

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rowid id user created_at full_text retweet_count favorite_count State Abbreviation State Health Department Website
63229 63228 1309586624188051456 151175266 2020-09-25T20:12:36+00:00 "Currently we estimate that every person who contracts COVID 19 is probably passing the virus to less than one person. A reproduction rate of .87. But a 5-percentage point increase in transmission rates over the next month, would increase cases by 80 a day." 2 4 Oregon OR Oregon Health Authority https://www.oregon.gov/oha/pages/index.aspx