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EVENT 1: Coronavirus: Delta Variant, Masks, Vaccinations

All tweets containing one of the following words were included:

‘delta variant, fully vaccinated, vaccinated, mask mandate, mask mandates, covid cases, #covid19, mask, cases, covid19, covid, delta, vaccines, wear masks, #deltavariant, #getvaccinated’

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EVENT 2: Tokyo Olympics

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‘gold, simone biles, tokyo, medal, #tokyo2020, #olympics, #tokyoolympics, caeleb dressel, olympic, team usa, biles, simone, olympics, world record’

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EVENT 3: January 6 Select Committee

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‘kevin mccarthy, susan collins, nancy pelosi, speaker pelosi, mccarthy, pelosi, january 6th, jan 6th, select committee’

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EVENT 4: Eviction Moratorium

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‘eviction moratorium, eviction, moratorium, extend, rental assistance, #extendthemoratorium, #evictionmoratorium, #evictioncrisis’

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