[Ads-l] Word: twindemic

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Researcher Barry Popik has already explored "twindemic". He posted
about "twindemic" last week. He traced it back to the tweet from
@MaydNMerica

Entry from September 03, 2020
Twindemic (twin + -demic)
https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/twindemic/

Garson

On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 4:44 PM ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Email sent from Winn Dixie supermarket and received by me on September 11, 2020.
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> While there isn’t a vaccine for COVID-19 (yet!), there is one for
> influenza. Health care experts are pushing the importance of flu shots
> this year in fear of what they are calling a "twindemic".
> [End excerpt]
>
> On July 2, 2020  @Alt_NASA asked about a term for simultaneous
> pandemics. @MaydNMerica answered with "twindemic". The tweet named two
> virus related terms: H1N1 and Covid-19. But the terminology was a
> little mixed up. H1N1 is an influenza A virus subtype. Covid-19 is a
> viral disease.
>
> [Begin tweet info]
> https://twitter.com/Alt_NASA/status/1278835274374688769?s=20
> AltNASA @Alt_NASA
> What's the term for simultaneous pandemics?
> 7:37 PM · Jul 2, 2020·Twitter for Android
> [End tweet info]
>
> [Begin tweet info for response to AltNASA]
> https://twitter.com/MaydNMerica/status/1278839495144755205?s=20
> DangerDangerDanger @MaydNMerica
> Replying to @Alt_NASA
> H1N1 & Covid-19=twindemic
> 7:54 PM · Jul 2, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
> [End tweet info]
>
> There are some earlier tweets with twindemic, but the sense seems to
> be different.
>
> [Begin tweet info]
> https://twitter.com/LDrogosPhD/status/1070819291144966144
> Dr. Lauren Drogos @LDrogosPhD
> Should I use #Twindemic2019 as a hashtag?
> @HubsPhD HELP!
> 6:16 PM · Dec 6, 2018·Twitter Web Client
> [End tweet info]
>
> [Begin tweet info]
> https://twitter.com/HubsPhD/status/1070821945879347200?s=20
> Erik Carlson @HubsPhD
> Replying to @LDrogosPhD
> Twindemic sounds like a plague of twins....
> TwinTrackAcademic?
> 6:27 PM · Dec 6, 2018·Twitter for Android
> [End tweet info]
>
> Garson

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