“…While our work focused on analyzing the contents of governmental messages on Twitter as they relate to disease or non-disease related topics, previous notable work focused on either disease or non-disease-related topics [ 8 , 28 ]. Other researchers specifically explored the type of symptoms experienced by patients with COVID-19 by analyzing public conversations posted on Twitter [ 29 , 30 ]. Our findings have shown the interconnections between these two topic groups, which is similar to the findings of a recent study that examined public concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi [ 15 ].…”