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Table 9 Examples of tweets that were classified by the best ML system and/or pattern as ‘Negative’ (for privacy reasons, user mentions are replaced with ‘@USER’)

From: Monitoring stance towards vaccination in twitter messages

Tweet (translated from Dutch)

Predicted as ‘Negative’ by...

@USER aluminum which is a natural component in food cannot be compared to the stuff they put in that vaccine

ML only

@USER Kids are dying from it, what will you say to parents who are forced into inoculation despite their reluctance?

ML only

@USER And I’m opposed to having teenaged girls vaccinated against cervical cancer. @USER @USER @USER

ML only

@USER If your child is autistic after a vaccination, does the phrasing matter? No vaccinations, that’s the message!!

Pattern only

@USER My experience with the RIVM is that I (mother) had proof that the inoculation was a trigger for epi. Arrogant and not empathic! @USER

Pattern only

@USER @USER I will never get inoculated again since this horrific experience #scream #connythemartyr

Pattern only

@USER True. But the inoculation is just like that. Dangerous junk

ML and Pattern

Paternalistic bullshit. I had the measles, the mumps, Rubella and the fifth disease and I’m still here. Get lost with your COMPULSARY inoculation.

ML and Pattern

The suffering called #vaccination... #nightparents 2.0 today... #poor #baby

ML and Pattern

@USER Prevalence HPV is very low; effect has not been proven, extremely high frequency of medical issues after vaccination; simply criminal.

Neither ML nor Pattern

Vaccinating is nonsense because polio is non-existent.

Neither ML nor Pattern

Narcolepsy due to the vaccine against the swine flu. Way to go... #eenvandaag

Neither ML nor Pattern

Preventive colonoscopy saves many more lives than inoculating against virus cervical cancer 13-year olds.

Neither ML nor Pattern