Dr. Schaffner
Dr. Schaffner
smoking stopping
Stopping smoking is something I think I would have put right at the top of the list.
frankly ought reading reminded update
I know we have one at home. In reading this, I frankly was reminded that we ought to update it.
dose encounter immunity larger maybe newly vaccine
This is a much larger outbreak than any of us anticipated. Maybe the immunity generated by the mumps vaccine can wane and then you become newly susceptible, particularly if you encounter a large dose of virus.
certainly chaotic equitable people plans sure trying work
People are trying to work out contingency plans to make sure there's a more equitable distribution. I'm sure it will never be perfect, but without work now, it'll certainly be chaotic later.
childhood dominant
It's become one of the dominant infections of childhood.
disease infectious
It's always an uncertainty. We're always at the infectious disease roulette table.
cases initial severe
With every new disease, the most severe cases come to initial attention, and then as we look harder, we see milder cases.
hold vaccine work
We have to hold on to this vaccine and work on a new vaccine.
allow cannot capacity changes genetic guard happen move pick series time virus
We cannot let our guard down, because a series of genetic changes could happen at any time that could allow this virus to pick up the capacity to move from person to person.