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...
evidence plain soaps
We really don't have any evidence that antibacterial soaps are any better than plain soap and water,
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We do have disease detectives who are working to study some features of the outbreak so we can learn as the virus spreads from community to community.
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More than 180 million people should get (flu) vaccine and we have never gotten anywhere near close to that,
people reports seen
Right now in the shelters where most of the people are located we have seen sporadic reports of gastrointestinal illness,
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People who are compromised in immunity can sometimes develop severe infections with these bacteria. It does not represent an outbreak.
activity local seeing seven
We're seeing very sporadic activity in seven states, and local activity in one state.
contact late looking lots people
Lots of people are at risk. It's not too late to get vaccinated, ... And we really want people to keep looking for vaccine, to contact the providers.
country might produced vaccine
We might actually end up with the most-ever influenza vaccine produced in this country,
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One of the most significant concerns from a public health perspective is that we know a lot of children who are overweight grow up to be overweight or obese adults, and thus are at greater risk for some major health problems.
advantages
One of the advantages we have is that of time,
data indicate larger magnitude problem
These data indicate that the magnitude of the problem is larger than we once thought,
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The specter of pandemic influenza is very frightening to people, ... It does remind people of the importance of influenza as an illness ... and in the long run may result in people being motivated.
anyone infected isolate people rule
Rule No. 1 is to isolate people who are infected so they don't infect anyone else.
children choose pregnant test tested women
Pregnant women can choose not to have the test and if they do, we want their children tested after birth,