Former President Barack Obama is making use of his large social media platforms to address the coronavirus and posting like never before since leaving the presidency
Former President Barack Obama is making use of his large social media platforms to address the coronavirus crisis and posting like never before since leaving the presidency.
Related Video: Michelle Obama Gives Advice For Coping During PandemicObama's posts have generated plenty of engagement and have reached tens of millions. Last week, there were more than 120,000 retweets on his tweet linking to a Washington Post interactive that showed how the curve of infections can be flattened under various simulations.
"First and foremost, his priority has been to push out important public health messages that he feels people need to learn and understand because this is a complicated issue and a lot of the science is counter-intuitive," this person said."So he wants to make sure people have access to good information."
"This crisis is unlike any in our lifetimes and it will take all of us to combat it," Ben LaBolt, a former Obama spokesman, told NBC News in an email.
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