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Twitter posts show that people are profoundly sad – and are visiting parks to cheer up

  • Written by Joe Roman, Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont
imageCentral Park, New York City, on Memorial Day weekend, May 24, 2020. Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images

The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is the deepest and longest period of malaise in a dozen years. Our colleagues at the University of Vermont have concluded this by analyzing posts on Twitter. The Vermont Complex Systems Center studies...

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