Thank you for following the Athens City-County Health Department (ACCHD) on this social media platform. ACCHD participates in social media in order to provide individuals, families and partners with public health news and best practices. While we encourage you to share thoughts and opinions on our social media pages, we expect that this will be done in a respectful manner. All links posted as comm
ents on our social media sites will be reviewed and may be removed if they violate our social media policy. Repeated violations of ACCHD’s social media policy may cause the author to be blocked from all ACCHD social media sites. A comment may be removed if it contains:
• Hate speech, profanity, obscenity, or vulgarity;
• Nudity in pictures;
• Defamation, name calling, and/or personal attacks/threats/violence to a
person or people;
• Spam comments, such as the same/similar comment(s) posted repeatedly;
• Comments that would disclose protected health information;
• Comments that include promotion of products, events, groups, pages, websites, organizations, and programs that are not related to or affiliated with ACCHD;
• Information which contradicts the modern evidence base of science
• Other elements that the ACCHD deems inappropriate. Information posted on any of our social media platforms shouldn't be considered medical advice and shouldn't replace a consultation with a healthcare professional.
