During Swine Flu Outbreak, CDC Once Again Impresses
Once again, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s social media use impresses us.
As the agency plays a key role in the latest public health issue, the Swine Flue outbreak, one can find updated information from the Atlanta-based agency on Twitter, at @CDCemergency. For hashtags, #swine and #swineflu have yielded lots of information.
They’ve also been using PandemicFlu.gov, a favorite Web site of ours, to disseminate information.
The CDC even put out a Swine Flu video podcast.
This agency really knows how to get its message out! Be sure to heed their warnings and advice, and please stay safe!
UPDATE: Alex has suggested that I provide links to some cool sites using technology that the CDC should consider adopting.
- Google Map of the flu outbreak
- Google Flu Trends, which tries to pinpoint outbreaks based on what people are searching
Editor’s note: As the academic year draws to a close for us, expect less frequent postings for the next two weeks. We hope to be back at full force once finals are over. Thank you for your understanding!
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