Dr. Gerberding
Dr. Gerberding
agencies front health line local public
Local public health agencies are the front line in all of this. Preparedness, at its heart, is a local phenomenon.
church front global line potato related salad solve
We are increasingly not just going out to solve the outbreak related to the contaminated potato salad at the church picnic, but we are on the front line of global challenges.
information problem suggest
We have no information to suggest any problem with the vaccine.
electronic health recall until
Until we have electronic health records, we're going to have to do this the old-fashioned way, by Mom's recall sometimes.
committed full hoped reason
Part of the reason why we hoped to have full appropriation committed ... was to warrant to the manufacturers that we are serious.
additional cases eight reported seven undergoing
We have more than 1,000 cases reported from eight states, and we also have additional cases undergoing investigation in seven more states.
birds large move population quickly specific virus watching
We're watching a very specific virus move very quickly through a very large population of birds and continuously evolve. That's worrisome.
flu mutations occur time virus viruses watching
We know the virus is changing. We're watching little mutations occur all the time -- that's what flu viruses do.
against best protection
The best protection against the mumps is the vaccine.
care facilities fewer flu half health hospitals people pose risk serious workers
Currently, fewer than half of health care workers get vaccinated for flu each year. When people who work in hospitals and health care facilities don't get vaccinated, they can pose a serious risk to their patients.
affected college community context continue either extension families people spend students surprised time
We will not be surprised if we see more people affected either in college context or as students spend time with their families or with their community friends. We will continue to see an extension of this outbreak into the community level.
certainly complete cycle
We certainly will not see a complete end of mumps when this cycle is broken.
issue media
This is not media hype. This is a real issue for us.
case seen
A lot of clinicians have never seen a case of mumps.