February: Awareness is brimming.

As much as the seriousness of the situation had picked up by February, there were still many people pushing back and taking the situation lightly. The notion was that the Coronavirus was to be just another Flu and it would be gone in no time. This was due largely in part to a lot of misinformation on the internet and just the "new-ness" of this virus. People didn't know anything about the new virus and may have used this form of expression as a self-defense mechanism. However, that is not known for sure, but what is known is what is recorded in the tweets.

American users on twitter were beginning to address government response to the outbreak at this time and many users were displeased. The conversation became very political and it was impossible to escape politics, whether on Twitter or even at home, when discussing the Coronavirus.