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-# COVID-19_Digital_Observatory
-The COVID-19_Digital_Observatory collects, aggregates, and distributes data from social media, search engine results, and Wikipedia to support social and data science research related to the pandemic
+# COVID-19 Digital Observatory
+The [COVID-19 Digital Observatory](https://covid19.communitydata.science "Covid-19 Digital Observatory homepage") collects, aggregates, and distributes data from social media, search engine results, and Wikipedia to support immediate public health response and social and data science research related to the pandemic.
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+The [community data science collective](https://wiki.communitydata.science/Main_Page "The community data science collective wiki") is working with [Pushshift](https://pushshift.io) and others to build this project. We expect to make rapid progess and to release additional code and data soon.
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+We eagerly welcome contributors! Please get in touch, submit pull requests, and visit the [project homepage](https://covid19.communitydata.science "Covid-19 Digital Observatory homepage") for more info. Also, please note that contributors are held to the [code of conduct](code_of_conduct.md "link to code of conduct.md").
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