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We're measuring online conversation to track the social and mental health issues surfacing during the coronavirus pandemic

  • Written by Amit Sheth, Founding Director, Artificial Intelligence Institute, University of South Carolina
The pandemic is driving up a litany of social ills.Bundit Binsuk/EyeEm via Getty Images

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