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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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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This water is not going away any time soon.
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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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But any time you have this kind of crowding and people under stress, we have to be concerned.
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Fortunately, this year the flu season is not off to an early start, and there is plenty of time for people to get their shots,
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what we're seeing is well within the normal range for this time of year.
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We expect we'll have time for most people to receive their vaccine.
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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 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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So we're getting off to a bit of a slow start, ... That gives us a little more time to get those doses out there.
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We're seeing very sporadic activity in seven states, and local activity in one state.
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We certainly learned last year that there are always some uncertainties in dealing with influenza.
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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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We don't want volunteers to flood in a discordant way.