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COVID-19 shined light on new opportunities for public health on social media

By Jonah Comstock 06:10 pm August 12, 2021

When social media companies like Facebook and YouTube were founded, it’s a good bet that their founders didn’t imagine themselves to be creating public health tools. But in the face of a global pandemic, it’s become obvious that that’s exactly what they created. And as far as health leaders at these companies are concerned, that’s a good thing. “As someone who’s been in public health for about 20...

Facebook, YouTube, CBS reps to discuss COVID-19 information and misinformation at HIMSS21 Digital

By Jonah Comstock 12:33 pm August 5, 2021

Before COVID-19, it would have been easy to imagine that producing and distributing an effective vaccine would have been the biggest challenge of fighting a global pandemic. But as it’s turned out, some of the biggest challenges of the COVID-19 virus have been public health challenges – getting people to behave in ways that reduce the spread of disease and getting them to take the vaccine in...