Hey.
So.
Let’s talk a bit.
If you love our account for our attitude, great.
Love us for our info, wonderful.
Love ya back.
But please don’t drag other health departments in our mentions. 😬
So.
Let’s talk a bit.
If you love our account for our attitude, great.
Love us for our info, wonderful.
Love ya back.
But please don’t drag other health departments in our mentions. 😬
This work is HARD.
It’s really challenging to give good advice during a continuously changing environment, where the news and data we’re getting is constantly shifting.
And a lot of these health departments are threadbare, running on budgets that are minuscule.
It’s really challenging to give good advice during a continuously changing environment, where the news and data we’re getting is constantly shifting.
And a lot of these health departments are threadbare, running on budgets that are minuscule.
The Baltimore City Health Department is fortunate.
Not only as the oldest Health Department in the country, but under really amazing leadership from @TheOfficialDocD and the support of @MayorBMScott, and the army of doctors, and health care workers, and scientists behind us.
Not only as the oldest Health Department in the country, but under really amazing leadership from @TheOfficialDocD and the support of @MayorBMScott, and the army of doctors, and health care workers, and scientists behind us.
But, we also can’t even do as much as WE want to do.
We can’t even imagine what it is like for some of these smaller departments who are surrounded by people who shout them down on every side, who have no political or popular support.
That’s really hard.
We can’t even imagine what it is like for some of these smaller departments who are surrounded by people who shout them down on every side, who have no political or popular support.
That’s really hard.
Just the other day, @HamCoHealth tried to participate in our #PublicHealthRapBattle, and they got dog piled by antivaxxer trolls and had to retreat for a while.
That’s disgusting.
We found out about it a little late, but the places these departments are in is often hostile.
That’s disgusting.
We found out about it a little late, but the places these departments are in is often hostile.
Often, they’re already doing their very best.
Behind the scenes, we’ve been building an alliance with other health departments like @PHLPublicHealth and @OttawaHealth and others so we can support everyone, but it’s not always easy to organize.
Behind the scenes, we’ve been building an alliance with other health departments like @PHLPublicHealth and @OttawaHealth and others so we can support everyone, but it’s not always easy to organize.
By all means, if you want your local health department to operate with the kind of freedom we have, let them know!
We’re sure they’d love to hear that, maybe even their bosses will hear it if enough people say it.
But also, help provide the conditions that will allow them to.
We’re sure they’d love to hear that, maybe even their bosses will hear it if enough people say it.
But also, help provide the conditions that will allow them to.
Some of these departments are just worn out.
They’re doing their best, often lone beacons in a sea of resistance.
Their staff have had enough, and some are just barely hanging on.
We provide a lot of humor, but there’s still a worldwide pandemic going on.
Be compassionate.
They’re doing their best, often lone beacons in a sea of resistance.
Their staff have had enough, and some are just barely hanging on.
We provide a lot of humor, but there’s still a worldwide pandemic going on.
Be compassionate.
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