Before revision:  By a sentiment analysis on tweets posted in Italian during 2018, we aimed at (i) characterising the temporal flow of communication on vaccines, (ii) evaluating the usefulness of Twitter data for estimating vaccination parameters, and (iii) investigating whether the ambiguous political communication might have originated disorientation among the public.
After revision:  Using a sentiment analysis on tweets posted in Italian during 2018, we aimed at (i) characterising the temporal flow of communication on vaccines, (ii) evaluating the usefulness of Twitter data for estimating vaccination parameters, and (iii) investigating whether the ambiguous political communication might have originated disorientation among the public.