The application of information technology has changed the mode of communication and
led to the shift of communication paradigm. In particular, the super topic effect of short video is
obvious by virtue of its own advantages. The “emotional” factor is also more and more visible in the
dissemination of information. Taking the phenomenon of short video transmission in COVID-19 as
the research content, we can see that the empathy feature in short video health communication is very
obvious, including individual narration and collective resonance. Content grounding to improve the
communication effect; Set a typical example and excavate flash action. Based on the perspective of
empathy theory, the path of short video health communication can be discussed from the three stages
of “emotional infection”, “viewpoint selection” and “empathy concern”. One is emotional contagion: feel
the feelings of others. Second, point of view selection: imagine the feelings of others. Third, empathy:
respond with action. In the post epidemic era, it is still very important to make good use of short
video for health communication, and it is narrow to simply take empathy as the dimension of health
communication. Therefore, the short video health communication path based on the perspective of
empathy theory provided by this study only provides some reference for the media.