Melaney Arnold
Melaney Arnold
fine highest
The $50,000 fine is the highest that can be levied in a death-related case.
additional basically changes department health hearing information looking march public status submitted violations
Basically they've submitted some additional information to the Department of Public Health that we are going to be looking at so there has been no changes to the allegations or to the violations yet. The status hearing is now set for March 10th.
prepared sure
We need to make sure that we are prepared when and if something does happen.
closely exactly obviously
We're still obviously closely monitoring this. At this point, we still don't know exactly what's going on.
cases factors looking
We're still looking into the determining factors of the outbreak. We used to only have 10 to 15 cases in one year.
planned sure
We want to make sure that everything we have planned is in place. This is something we've been working on for a very long time.
gets losing serious
There is the possibility of losing your hearing. That's when it gets to a very serious level.
awareness checked doctor people
Awareness is up because it's been in the news. People are actually going to the doctor and getting it checked out.
effected five percent population vaccine
The vaccine is only about 95 percent effective. Five percent of the population is not going to be effected by it.
appeals case couple process takes
Normally, the appeals process in a case like this takes a couple of months.
check double kinds local physicians students
If students have any kinds of symptoms, they should double check with local physicians and let them know that there is an outbreak on campus.
expect indication rate sure
We expect to see more cases. There is really no indication that the rate will drop. We're just not sure about how many or how soon.
continues increase sudden
The investigation continues into why the sudden increase of mumps this year.
believe doctors hesitant hospitals information might provide release report
If hospitals and doctors believe we are going to release all the information we get, they might be hesitant to provide the information and wouldn't report to us.