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...
large numbers people potential
The potential for infecting large numbers of people is great,
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,
chronic fatigue field forward step syndrome
This is a very important step forward in the field of chronic fatigue syndrome research.
call deaths emerging epidemic given happens pattern reached status surprised terms threshold
It hasn't reached what we call the epidemic threshold status yet, in terms of deaths from influenza-like illness. But we won't be surprised if that happens given the pattern emerging right now.
predict situation unstable
This is an unstable situation right now. We're not reliably able to predict where this will go.
mortality per rate sars
You may see the mortality rate go up -- but that's not necessarily because SARS per se is getting worse,
naive
I think it would be naive to say we'd have it in under a year.
illness importance pandemic people remind result run specter
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.
doses last people picture plenty time unlike
the big picture this year, unlike last year, is that there are plenty of doses and plenty of time for people to get vaccinated.
high human problem toll unusually
It's a problem that is having an unusually high human toll this year,
time water
This water is not going away any time soon.
discordant flood volunteers
We don't want volunteers to flood in a discordant way.
against asking available best doses groups patients people priority protect provide vaccine
We're asking those who provide influenza to give the first available doses to people in our priority groups ... Getting an influenza vaccine is the best way to protect yourself and your patients against this disease,