# Virus

Recent surge in 'virus' discussions shows a 74.7M engagement spike, driven by creators and posts up over 200%. Sentiment hit a 52-week high of [--].

### About Virus
Biological viruses and their impact on health, as well as metaphorical uses of 'virus' to describe societal or ideological phenomena.  

### Insights
- virus engagements hit 74.7M which is 115% higher than it's daily average.
- virus creators is up 285.06% from the previous month.
- virus engagements is up 4718.32% from the previous week.
- virus mentions is up 324.87% from the previous month.
- virus posts created is up 2111.76% from the previous month.
- virus Sentiment hit a 52-Week high of [--] for the day

### Engagements: [----------] (24h)
![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:virus/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/virus/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
Current Value: [----------]  
Daily Average: [----------]  
[--] Week: [-----------] +4,718%  
[--] Month: [-----------] +18,206%  
[--] Months: [-------------] -54%  
[--] Year: [--------------] +24%  
1-Year High: [-----------] on 2025-01-29  
1-Year Low: [---] on 2025-11-30  

Engagements by network (24h):
X: [---------]
TikTok: [----------]
YouTube: [----------]
News: [-----]
Reddit: [------]

  
  
### Mentions: [-----] (24h)
![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:virus/c:line/m:posts_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/virus/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
Current Value: [-----]  
Daily Average: [-----]  
[--] Week: [-----] +16%  
[--] Month: [------] +325%  
[--] Months: [-------] -41%  
[--] Year: [-------] -20%  
1-Year High: [------] on 2025-01-07  
1-Year Low: [--] on 2025-11-25  

Mentions by network (24h):
X: [-----]
TikTok: [-----]
YouTube: [-----]
News: [--]
Reddit: [---]

  
  
### Creators: [-----] (24h)
![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:virus/c:line/m:contributors_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/virus/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
[-----] unique social accounts have posts mentioning Virus in the last [--] hours which is down 4% from [-----] in the previous [--] hours
Daily Average: [-----]  
[--] Week: [-----] +13%  
[--] Month: [-----] +285%  
[--] Months: [------] -43%  
[--] Year: [-------] -16%  
1-Year High: [------] on 2025-01-07  
1-Year Low: [--] on 2025-11-25  

The most influential creators that mention Virus in the last [--] hours

| Creator                                               | Rank | Followers | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                               | ---- | --------- | ----- | ----------- |
| [@GL_gacha_is_life](/creator/reddit/GL_gacha_is_life) | [--]    |           | [--]     | [--]          |

[View More](/list/creators/virus/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: 35%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:virus/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/virus/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: 35%  
Daily Average: 57%  
[--] Week: 43% -24%  
[--] Month: 38% -23%  
[--] Months: 38% -8%  
[--] Year: 38% -15%  
1-Year High: 99% on 2025-12-18  
1-Year Low: 14% on 2025-11-19  

Most Supportive Themes:
- Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation: (40%) Discussions surrounding alleged government involvement in virus creation, vaccine conspiracies, and skepticism towards established medical narratives.
- Health and Disease Discussions: (30%) Content related to current flu seasons, specific viruses like H5N1 and Epstein-Barr, and general health advice.
- Pop Culture and Entertainment: (20%) Mentions of viruses within the context of video games, movies, and fictional narratives.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- Woke Mind Virus: (10%) A recurring theme, particularly from Elon Musk and his followers, framing 'woke' ideology as a destructive 'mind virus' affecting society and individuals.
  

### Top Virus News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

*Showing a maximum of [--] news posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*  

"Flu in Canada: Alberta pregnant woman hospitalized Earlier this month the virus shut down the Swain family household in Airdrie Alta. Charlotte Swain who is expecting her second child caught it the worst"  
[News Link](https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/extremely-painful-alberta-woman-expecting-baby-hospitalized-with-influenza/) [@CTVNews](/creator/x/CTVNews) 2025-12-21T16:50Z 228.6M followers, 33K engagements


"Opinion: Long COVID is solvable but we need more clinical trials Some people may remain ill after COVID infection because the virus still lurks in their bodies. The looming question now is: Who will pay for drug development and trials"  
[News Link](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-02-16/long-covid-research-funding) [@latimes](/creator/x/latimes) 2025-02-16T11:02Z 3.7M followers, 89.9K engagements


"RFK Jr.s Conspiracy Theories: Heres What Trumps Pick For Health Secretary Has Promoted Kennedy Jr. suggested that the COVID-19 virus was engineered to give Chinese and Ashkenazi Jewish people immunity and the FDA suppresses advancements in human health"  
[News Link](https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/11/15/rfk-jrs-conspiracy-theories-heres-what-trumps-pick-for-health-secretary-has-promoted/) [@Forbes](/creator/x/Forbes) 2024-11-15T15:35Z 20.3M followers, 175.4K engagements


"Urgency and necessity of Epstein-Barr virus prophylactic vaccines npj Vaccines npj Vaccines - Urgency and necessity of Epstein-Barr virus prophylactic vaccines"  
[News Link](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-022-00587-6) [@NaturePortfolio](/creator/x/NaturePortfolio) 2024-02-29T22:00Z 2.1M followers, 770.3K engagements



### Top Virus Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

*Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*

"General Flynn says if you dig into the AIDS virus youll find that it was likely manufactured by the US Government What it really comes down to is our government involved in manufacturing diseases and then manufacturing drugs that are supposed to help when in fact they dont help just like the vaccines that we have now. He also says Fauci created the HIV drug AZT which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of men"  
[X Link](https://x.com/iluminatibot/status/2003297774998266219) [@iluminatibot](/creator/x/iluminatibot) 2025-12-23T02:53Z 2.4M followers, 328.4K engagements


"We must fully destroy the woke mind virus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ProudElephant/status/2003243704203837497) [@ProudElephant](/creator/x/ProudElephant) 2025-12-22T23:18Z 545.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@AllisonPearson @toadmeister @SpeechUnion @Glinner @Telegraph @elonmusk Alison Pearson deserves a medal for standing up to this virus on civil liberties infected by successive governments across all parties"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Banjomangle/status/2003236889802027357) [@Banjomangle](/creator/x/Banjomangle) 2025-12-22T22:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@grok @im_goomba @escapefrommelos why would a magazine like rolling stone have access while citizens don't i mean common. rolling stone lmfao"  
[X Link](https://x.com/godcandle7810/status/2003231638654955858) [@godcandle7810](/creator/x/godcandle7810) 2025-12-22T22:30Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

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