Jim Garrow
@jgarrow.me
Public health public info in Philly.
Posts and interactions are not sanctioned, reviewed, or approved by my employer. All posts and interactions are purely my own.
Posts and interactions are not sanctioned, reviewed, or approved by my employer. All posts and interactions are purely my own.
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For NYT Vows: When the Eagles won their first Super Bowl in 2018, he tweeted the famous WW2 kissing photo as a joke. She didn’t follow or know him, but suggested they should recreate it at the parade. They kissed within a minute of meeting, and got married just after Philly's second Super Bowl win
Philadelphia Eagles Fans Kissed, Got to Know Each Other, Married
Shamus Clancy and Ashley Suder were strangers when they met at a Super Bowl championship parade to recreate a famous photo. They were brought together by a viral tweet and a bold suggestion.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
For NYT Vows: When the Eagles won their first Super Bowl in 2018, he tweeted the famous WW2 kissing photo as a joke. She didn’t follow or know him, but suggested they should recreate it at the parade. They kissed within a minute of meeting, and got married just after Philly's second Super Bowl win
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Howie Roseman says the #Eagles won't even scout players who have ever been violent with women:
“I won’t even watch them. I don't even want to talk. I can't go 'He’s really good, he did it 10 years ago and he learned from it.” It just doesn't work for us."
#FlyEaglesFly
(🎥: The McShay Show)
“I won’t even watch them. I don't even want to talk. I can't go 'He’s really good, he did it 10 years ago and he learned from it.” It just doesn't work for us."
#FlyEaglesFly
(🎥: The McShay Show)
April 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Howie Roseman says the #Eagles won't even scout players who have ever been violent with women:
“I won’t even watch them. I don't even want to talk. I can't go 'He’s really good, he did it 10 years ago and he learned from it.” It just doesn't work for us."
#FlyEaglesFly
(🎥: The McShay Show)
“I won’t even watch them. I don't even want to talk. I can't go 'He’s really good, he did it 10 years ago and he learned from it.” It just doesn't work for us."
#FlyEaglesFly
(🎥: The McShay Show)
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Communicating right now is fraught. Here is some advice on framing in turbulent times:
1. Frame messages around shared, enduring values.
2. Use clear language and consistently highlight solutions.
3. Shift from jargon to concrete explanations.
4. Don’t rebut; reframe.
@frameworks.bsky.social
1. Frame messages around shared, enduring values.
2. Use clear language and consistently highlight solutions.
3. Shift from jargon to concrete explanations.
4. Don’t rebut; reframe.
@frameworks.bsky.social
A note on framing in turbulent times, FrameWorks Institute — The Communications Network
Communicating right now is fraught. A lot of people are looking for answers and I wish I had them. But like you, my colleagues and I at FrameWorks are trying to figure out what is going on, what it me...
www.comnetwork.org
April 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Communicating right now is fraught. Here is some advice on framing in turbulent times:
1. Frame messages around shared, enduring values.
2. Use clear language and consistently highlight solutions.
3. Shift from jargon to concrete explanations.
4. Don’t rebut; reframe.
@frameworks.bsky.social
1. Frame messages around shared, enduring values.
2. Use clear language and consistently highlight solutions.
3. Shift from jargon to concrete explanations.
4. Don’t rebut; reframe.
@frameworks.bsky.social
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#OnFrameFriday: Whether you're talking about climate change, injustice, immunization, or another tough social or political topic, make sure you meet people where they are. By using simple language and clear explanations, we make it easier for people to engage with our ideas.
April 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#OnFrameFriday: Whether you're talking about climate change, injustice, immunization, or another tough social or political topic, make sure you meet people where they are. By using simple language and clear explanations, we make it easier for people to engage with our ideas.
Good news!
And a federal judge has granted an emergency restraining order against the cuts. Though many departments have already fired staff and canceled vaccine clinics, this is what health departments were hoping for. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...
April 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Good news!
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Something I would like to emphasize from this story: interviewing the city's "vector control" workers was a pleasure. These guys were professionals doing an important, discreet task and doing it well. A memory I keep in mind amidst all the public sector bashing. www.inquirer.com/business/phi...
Rats don’t run this city: Why Philly fields fewer rat complaints than New York City and D.C.
Compared to nearby cities, Philly seems to have a much lower rat population, or at least is home to vermin who are better at hiding.
www.inquirer.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Something I would like to emphasize from this story: interviewing the city's "vector control" workers was a pleasure. These guys were professionals doing an important, discreet task and doing it well. A memory I keep in mind amidst all the public sector bashing. www.inquirer.com/business/phi...
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2025 is not yet 3 months old & already there have been 378 confirmed cases, #CDC reported today. This year's total is the 4th largest of any year since measles was declared eliminated, meaning no longer endemic, in the US in 2000. 2025 will likely be #3 by next week. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
March 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
2025 is not yet 3 months old & already there have been 378 confirmed cases, #CDC reported today. This year's total is the 4th largest of any year since measles was declared eliminated, meaning no longer endemic, in the US in 2000. 2025 will likely be #3 by next week. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
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Every defiance of that desire is a small victory.
The practices of love, joy, hope, kindness, solidarity, and all their kindred are ways we defy the fascists in our everyday lives.
Joy under fascism is not silly.
It is revolutionary.
The practices of love, joy, hope, kindness, solidarity, and all their kindred are ways we defy the fascists in our everyday lives.
Joy under fascism is not silly.
It is revolutionary.
March 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Every defiance of that desire is a small victory.
The practices of love, joy, hope, kindness, solidarity, and all their kindred are ways we defy the fascists in our everyday lives.
Joy under fascism is not silly.
It is revolutionary.
The practices of love, joy, hope, kindness, solidarity, and all their kindred are ways we defy the fascists in our everyday lives.
Joy under fascism is not silly.
It is revolutionary.
As usual, Kate is spot on. For those interested in how to message in a flood of misinformation tearing public health apart, her resources are a great place to start.
Reality is socially constructed. Republicans (following and falling in line with right wing media) understand this as a strategy rather than a descriptive theory. Democrats don’t yet get it.
March 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
As usual, Kate is spot on. For those interested in how to message in a flood of misinformation tearing public health apart, her resources are a great place to start.
This wasn't normal after one death, it's even less so now. Tragedy.
NEW: 2nd death linked to growing measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico. It's an unvaccinated adult
March 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This wasn't normal after one death, it's even less so now. Tragedy.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
I hadn't seen this editorial, but man, does it feel right. Bonus points for the hot dog man reference.
Yet another call for a fact-based media to counter the professional disinformation organ.
Yet another call for a fact-based media to counter the professional disinformation organ.
February 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I hadn't seen this editorial, but man, does it feel right. Bonus points for the hot dog man reference.
Yet another call for a fact-based media to counter the professional disinformation organ.
Yet another call for a fact-based media to counter the professional disinformation organ.
This is amazing!
Unbelievable news.
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This is amazing!
I've had that same exact article saved for, well, it looks like nearly eight years now.
I think about this headline all of the time.
February 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I've had that same exact article saved for, well, it looks like nearly eight years now.
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For your reading consideration: How focusing on "informed consent" in vaccination promotion could distort the public's understanding of, and appreciation for the protective powers of vaccines. www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/r...
RFK Jr.'s dangerous misuse of 'informed consent' on vaccines
Giving people an uncontextualized list of possible vaccine side effects is not the kind of "informed consent" worth promoting.
www.statnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
For your reading consideration: How focusing on "informed consent" in vaccination promotion could distort the public's understanding of, and appreciation for the protective powers of vaccines. www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/r...
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We have been debunking RFK Jr and his nonsense for a really long time now www.today.com/health/are-v...
February 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
We have been debunking RFK Jr and his nonsense for a really long time now www.today.com/health/are-v...
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I think what this shows is that most people aren't actually anti-vax, they're just extremely obstinate about being asked to do anything even slightly inconvenient when they don't see an immediate benefit for themselves
In Texas, said one doctor: “We’ve vaccinated multiple kids that have never been vaccinated before, some from families that didn’t believe in vaccines.”
@nbcnews.com #measles
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
@nbcnews.com #measles
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
February 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I think what this shows is that most people aren't actually anti-vax, they're just extremely obstinate about being asked to do anything even slightly inconvenient when they don't see an immediate benefit for themselves
Lots of new folks in our #publichealth Depts Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/FTWTrZ4 Hiya! @iowahhs.bsky.social, @cchdmt.bsky.social, @dchealth.bsky.social, @northeasthealth.bsky.social, @aphl.org, @cityofstldoh.bsky.social, @alpublichealth.bsky.social, @statehealthin.bsky.social, @utahdhhs.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Lots of new folks in our #publichealth Depts Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/FTWTrZ4 Hiya! @iowahhs.bsky.social, @cchdmt.bsky.social, @dchealth.bsky.social, @northeasthealth.bsky.social, @aphl.org, @cityofstldoh.bsky.social, @alpublichealth.bsky.social, @statehealthin.bsky.social, @utahdhhs.bsky.social
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Get research-tested language and practical, scenario-based tips to explain what #PublicHealth is, what public health workers do, and why it matters. 🔗 Download debeaumont.org/resources/co... @debeaumontfndtn.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Get research-tested language and practical, scenario-based tips to explain what #PublicHealth is, what public health workers do, and why it matters. 🔗 Download debeaumont.org/resources/co... @debeaumontfndtn.bsky.social
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On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... 2 public restrooms!
The Philly Phlush is the City’s public restroom pilot and is currently located in Center City and North Philly. Learn more: phila.gov/health.
The Philly Phlush is the City’s public restroom pilot and is currently located in Center City and North Philly. Learn more: phila.gov/health.
December 14, 2024 at 3:34 PM
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... 2 public restrooms!
The Philly Phlush is the City’s public restroom pilot and is currently located in Center City and North Philly. Learn more: phila.gov/health.
The Philly Phlush is the City’s public restroom pilot and is currently located in Center City and North Philly. Learn more: phila.gov/health.
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It's one thing to say #PublicHealth is underfunded, and another to realize what that specifically means. Big city health depts alone are short 755 epidemiologists (aka disease detectives)—and that's before the pandemic relief funding dries up. 💡 Get the facts: www.bigcitieshealth.org/epidemiology...
New report: Shortfall of big city health detectives poses serious threat to public health response - Big Cities Health Coalition
A new report shows that big city health departments are in dire need of epidemiologists, putting the nation’s efforts to combat pandemics at risk.
www.bigcitieshealth.org
December 13, 2024 at 5:45 PM
It's one thing to say #PublicHealth is underfunded, and another to realize what that specifically means. Big city health depts alone are short 755 epidemiologists (aka disease detectives)—and that's before the pandemic relief funding dries up. 💡 Get the facts: www.bigcitieshealth.org/epidemiology...
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On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... 1 Primary Care Finder app!
The Primary Care Finder helps Philadelphians find free and low-cost primary care! Learn more: phila.gov/primary-care/.
The Primary Care Finder helps Philadelphians find free and low-cost primary care! Learn more: phila.gov/primary-care/.
December 13, 2024 at 2:09 PM
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... 1 Primary Care Finder app!
The Primary Care Finder helps Philadelphians find free and low-cost primary care! Learn more: phila.gov/primary-care/.
The Primary Care Finder helps Philadelphians find free and low-cost primary care! Learn more: phila.gov/primary-care/.