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Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD)
@BMore_Healthy
America's oldest, continuously-operating health department, working towards a healthier Baltimore since 1793.
Aug 21, 2021 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
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. 😬 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.
Aug 11, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Another great question.

Coronaviruses are not new, but COVID-19 is, at least for humans.

Human coronaviruses were first identified in the mid-1960s.

Some of them are Common coronaviruses, which humans can handle OK.

But COVID-19 is SO new, we don't do a great job with it. Common human coronaviruses are:

229E (alpha coronavirus)
NL63 (alpha coronavirus)
OC43 (beta coronavirus)
HKU1 (beta coronavirus)

None of these are COVID.
Aug 11, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Both great questions!

The World Health Organization recognizes 24 variants of Measles and there are four predominant Measles genotypes currently circulating worldwide: D8, B3, H1 and D4. More on that here: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
Aug 5, 2021 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
So what the FAQ is up with Delta?

It's new.
It's scary.
But we're here to break it down.

🧵 Cartoon image of the Delta ... Delta is a Variant.

If COVID-19 spreads enough, it mutates.

Some of the mutations are more dangerous than others.

Some "Variants of Concern" (according to the @CDCgov) include
Α – Alpha
β – Beta
Γ – Gamma and
Δ – Delta

(these are Greek letters, just used to tell them apart) Cartoon images of Alpha, Be...
Jun 24, 2021 • 18 tweets • 7 min read
Charlie Chaplin did it better. So, we joke, but this was a real, and terrible thing.
And yes, it was our doing, and we need to talk about it.
Dec 9, 2020 • 23 tweets • 4 min read
We've received a lot of questions about the new Executive Orders. We will be issuing more guidance ahead of Friday at 5pm, but many have asked one particular question "Why close indoor and outdoor dining, but not casinos, gyms, and malls?"- A thread #coronavirusbalt 1)First-our COVID-19 case data tells us intervention is required. In July, we were concerned with the rise in cases when our 7-day average was 146 new cases per day and we re-implemented “Phase 1” restrictions.