H1N1 Virus Goes Viral: Role of new media in rapid communication.
“No lines, free H1N1 vaccine still available at West Roxbury flu clinic. Hurry. The clinic closes today at 4.’’ – Twitter message from the Boston Public Health Commission, Sunday afternoon. Never before has a virus gone viral like this. There are swine flu blogs and swine flu tweets, swine flu videos on YouTube and swine flu groups on Facebook. Complete Boston.com article here.
