Simchon examined the effects of the

To replicate his finding, Simchon examined the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. This time, he focused his analysis on 800,000 tweets, published between 25 February and 15 April 2020 in New York – the US state with the highest death rate. As expected, he found a sharp rise in the certainty words as people confronted the daily danger of contagion, suggesting a rise in more dogmatic attitudes.