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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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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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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These data indicate that the magnitude of the problem is larger than we once thought,
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It's a problem that is having an unusually high human toll this year,
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We need to create a culture where hand-washing is the thing to do, ... If we can just wash our hands, we will have an impact on some of the most common problems, as well as some of the most serious health problems we face.
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People who place large orders for vaccine tend to get preferential treatment by distributors. This is a market distribution problem that's difficult to fix from a government perspective.
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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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The biggest challenge of all is going to be maintaining the chronic-care services to the people who had them before the hurricane ever hit,
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The best protection against the mumps is the vaccine. We have seen that work successfully in the past. So we hope that will be successful this time.
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This is a very important step forward in the field of chronic fatigue syndrome research.
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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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I'm sorry that this is becoming a political issue. This is really a health issue,
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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.