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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We certainly learned last year that there are always some uncertainties in dealing with influenza.
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but for people under tremendous stress from the circumstances of the last days, we want to take every step to protect them.
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This year's flu season is not off to an aggressive start. We have less flu in the country than we did this time last year,
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the big picture this year, unlike last year, is that there are plenty of doses and plenty of time for people to get vaccinated.
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It's a vulnerable population, and the last thing they need to deal with in the context of all the other difficulties is a flu outbreak.
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We are cautiously optimistic that at least in some parts of the country, influenza may have peaked. But there's still plenty of flu out there, and we're still encouraging people with flu-like illness who meet the criteria for concerns or complications to be sure and seek medical attention if they do develop the illness.
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We expect more cases - definitely. We really can't predict at this point of time where the virus will go next.
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We're very early in the flu season this year. We're seeing very sporadic activity in seven states, and one state with local activity, but it's way at the very early stages. So it's difficult to predict how severe the season will be, when it will take off, and when it will peak, and what ultimately the spectrum of impact will be,
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It would be unusual for measles or rubella or the other childhood-vaccine-preventable diseases to emerge, but many of the people in these shelters are among the people in our country who already experience health disparities, and we're erring on the side of immunizing anyone for whom we have any reason to suspect their vaccination status is not up-to-date.
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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.
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There will be some people who may not be able to get vaccine who really need it.
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Dr. Goldman is a perfect match for the opportunities at Columbia. He is not only a leader of amazing innovations in medical education and biomedical research development, but also a long- standing champion of health promotion and primary prevention.
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Pregnant women can choose not to have the test and if they do, we want their children tested after birth,