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Ohio Department of Health We are committed to protecting and improving the health of all Ohioans. Thank you for following the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) on Facebook.

ODH participates in Facebook 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 page, we expect that this will be done in a respectful manner. All links posted as comments on ODH's page will be reviewed and may be removed. A comment may be removed if it contains:

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• Other comments that the ODH Office of Communications deems inappropriate. Repeated violations of ODH’s comment policy may cause the author to be blocked from all ODH pages. 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. ODH will make reasonable efforts to monitor and/or moderate content posted on its social media platforms; however, we cannot always respond in a timely manner to online requests for information. By submitting content to ODH’s page, you understand and acknowledge that this information is available to the public. Please note that other participants may use your posted information beyond the control of ODH. If you do not wish to have the information you have made available via this site used, published, copied and/or reprinted, please do not post on this page. All links to other websites linked from ODH’s social media sites are provided as a service to readers, but such linkage does not constitute endorsement of those sites by ODH or the State of Ohio and as such we are not responsible for the content of external websites.

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