id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-351863-onipxf2z Wang, X. Public Opinions towards COVID-19 in California and New York on Twitter 2020-07-14 .txt text/plain 3449 251 64 Objective: This study aims to explore public opinions toward COVID-19 on social media by comparing the differences in sentiment changes and discussed topics between California and New York in the United States. Results: While the number of COVID-19 cases increased more rapidly in New York than in California in March 2020, the number of tweets posted has a similar trend over time in both states. Thus, in this study, we aimed to investigate the differences in sentiments and public opinions towards the outbreak of COVID-19 for twitter users between New York state and California state in the United States, and how these are related to the number of cases and policy changes. In addition, we showed that the sentiment scores towards COVID-19 in both California and New York varied over time, and the policy announcements and number of confirmed cases might be the major drives for these sentiment changes. ./cache/cord-351863-onipxf2z.txt ./txt/cord-351863-onipxf2z.txt