From: Kaylea Champion Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 21:28:17 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Update README.md X-Git-Url: https://code.communitydata.science/covid19.git/commitdiff_plain/b648ae82c281320a94e3c73d3546329d05e893da?ds=sidebyside;hp=c0e067ecc17b0b7565ce2e34148b992585cf2bc5 Update README.md some language nicing and adding in immediacy goal --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0daff28..10a868b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # 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. +The COVID-19 Digital Observatory 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. -[The community data science collective](https://wiki.communitydata.science/Main_Page "The community data science collectivewiki") is the early stages of building this project. We expect to make rapid progess and to begin releasing code and data soon. +The [community data science collective](https://wiki.communitydata.science/Main_Page "The community data science collective wiki") is the early stages of building this project. We expect to make rapid progess and to begin releasing code and data soon. We eagerly welcome contributors! Please get in touch. Contributors are held to the [code of conduct](code_of_conduct.md "link to code of conduct.md").