Julie Gerberding
Julie Gerberding
Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H., is an American infectious disease expert and the former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventionand administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry...
concerned
Tetanus is something we'd be especially concerned about,
biggest challenge hurricane people services
The biggest challenge of all is going to be maintaining the chronic-care services to the people who had them before the hurricane ever hit,
aware cases expect looking
As clinicians become more familiar, more aware of what we're looking for, we would expect to see more cases just because there are more cases being diagnosed.
last people protect step stress tremendous
but for people under tremendous stress from the circumstances of the last days, we want to take every step to protect them.
crystal likely scenario
I don't have a crystal ball, but I'd say the most likely scenario right now is we'll see it spread,
hurricane remember
I think it is really important to remember that when this hurricane was coming, we actually didn't know where it was going to go,
context deal flu last vulnerable
It's a vulnerable population, and the last thing they need to deal with in the context of all the other difficulties is a flu outbreak.
develop immunity people represent severe
People who are compromised in immunity can sometimes develop severe infections with these bacteria. It does not represent an outbreak.
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As you recall, we expected a lot of infectious disease problems within the context of the tsunami and were pleasantly surprised,
predict situation unable unstable
This is an unstable situation right now. We're unable to predict where this will go.
anywhere close gotten million near people vaccine
More than 180 million people should get (flu) vaccine and we have never gotten anywhere near close to that,
absolutely areas awareness cut disaster lack
This is just an absolutely extraordinary disaster and if we have any frustrations here it is a lack of communications and a lack of situational awareness in these areas that are just completely cut off,
context looking might natural pandemic predict source today understand virus
Looking back to the 1918 pandemic virus is a natural source for us to try to understand and predict what we might be working with today in the context of H5 or some other pandemic.
anyone concerned early gone history pneumonia travel
It is too early to tell if it's SARS. Anyone with pneumonia and a travel history is going to be under investigation. ... If you've not gone there, don't be concerned about it at this point.