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...permanent campaign” can be a beneficial one for political administrations when handled appropriately. At best, it increases accountability by reminding politicians that voters are still evaluating their performance in office and will continue to evaluate them when the next election comes around. It encourages officials to inform citizens actively about their plans in an effort to gain popular support for their policies. And it keeps voters aware and prevents political ignorance or misinformation. In some cases, the Obama administration has used these tactics effectively...
...Other areas of government have had success on a far greater scale. The CDC, which began experimenting with social media three years ago, has created a raft of YouTube videos, podcasts, webpage widgets and Twitter-size feeds to inform the public about the latest news on the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. Between April 22 and May 4, the CDC received 1.2 million views of flu-related material on YouTube and 46.6 million Web-page views, and attracted 99,000 followers on its Twitter feed "CDCemergency," which provides breaking updates on health issues. Janice Nall...
TIME: Similarly, do we need to improve communication between the veterinary health and human public health sectors, to make sure that if vets see something unusual, they inform their counterparts in public health immediately and find those diseases faster...
...weren't prepared for this. Harvard University Health Services sent out a helpful email informing the Harvard community about how to avoid contracting the virus. Insightful advice about washing hands (with soap, people!), avoiding contact with the sick, and how to cough properly (“into the crook of your elbow”) from HUHS has been much appreciated by FlyBy, who had previously thought that sneezing into people’s faces and swapping saliva with those who had hacking coughs was healthy and downright sexy. So, in order to better inform...
...didn’t know much about Kantrovitz,” Harvard baseball coach Joe Walsh says. “He came to the office and he was interested. I never saw him play in all my summers going out [recruiting].”Walsh informed Kantrovitz that with established players firmly holding on to most of the infield positions—including Kantrovitz’s natural position of shortstop, occupied by David Forst ’98—Kantrovitz’s playing time would be limited in his freshman year.He chose Brown instead, where...