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Tracking COVID-19 Through Social Media
This chapter explores the grim state of trust in Ethiopia amidst ongoing tensions, before shifting to how Instagram is being utilized to track COVID-19 spread through location tagging. It analyzes over 53,000 posts to establish correlations between user movements and the emergence of new cases, presenting innovative tracking methods for public health officials.
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