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...
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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,
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Once the water subsides, once the basic services are restored, the biggest problems that people face are the mental health problems, ... When will life get back to normal?
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It's at best embarrassing and at worst tragic that less than 50% of healthcare workers get vaccinated annually,
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It's a problem that is having an unusually high human toll this year,
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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,
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That's a good thing because it gives us time to get the vaccine out there.
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The water is full of sewage, ... cooperate with the evacuation effort and leave.
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Everybody has a colon. Everyone over 50 needs to get their colon checked.
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People just don't know that you can have colon cancer and be completely asymptomatic and healthy.
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If we do the kind of common-sense public health measures we know work, we ought to be able to stop it from being a global pandemic,.
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There is no firm dividing line between what is an epidemic and what is not an epidemic, but I think, when you look at a map that shows widespread influenza activity in 36 states, that we regard it -- from a common-sense perspective -- as an epidemic.
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a guaranteed market, they need a fair price and they need liability protection.
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The disease is spread from face-to-face contact with known cases of SARS, ... So the average traveler is not going to be at risk.
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The mayor ordered an evacuation for a very good reason,