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...
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,
advantages
One of the advantages we have is that of time,
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,
change soon sure
But, it's too soon to say for sure if there is any change in the pattern,
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.
people time
But any time you have this kind of crowding and people under stress, we have to be concerned.
people reports seen
Right now in the shelters where most of the people are located we have seen sporadic reports of gastrointestinal illness,
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.
children concerns greater grow health major obese overweight perspective public risk thus
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.
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.
activity local seeing seven
We're seeing very sporadic activity in seven states, and local activity in one state.
arms flu shot
We want the flu shot in their arms first.
best healthcare less tragic workers worst
It's at best embarrassing and at worst tragic that less than 50% of healthcare workers get vaccinated annually,
fine line
It's a fine line between outbreak or epidemic,