Julie Gerberding Quotes

As you recall, we expected a lot of infectious disease problems within the context of the tsunami and were pleasantly surprised. - Julie Gerberding

As clinicians become more familiar, more aware of what we're looking for, we would expect to see more cases just because there are more cases being diagnosed. - Julie Gerberding

As an infectious disease expert, I've never seen a pathogen emerge and go away on its own... We have to expect that sometime, somewhere, this virus is going to rear its ugly head again. - Julie Gerberding

Although this is a very good vaccine, it is not perfect. About 10 percent of people who get both doses of the vaccine still remain [susceptible] to mumps. - Julie Gerberding

A lot of clinicians have never seen a case of mumps. - Dr. Julie Gerberding

A guaranteed market, they need a fair price and they need liability protection. - Julie Gerberding

[The sudden appearance of the disease has led some people to speculate that it could be the work of terrorists.] All indications right now is that this is a naturally occurring infectious disease... We're keeping an open mind about terrorism, especially given the time period that we're operating in. - Julie Gerberding

[That is] something that we're evaluating very carefully to determine whether or not there's anything about this particular flu strain that's preferentially affecting children or causing more severe disease in children... We don't know the answer to the question yet. It is common for children to develop severe influenza and for deaths to occur in every flu season, unfortunately, so it will take us some time to figure that out. - Julie Gerberding

[Still,] in some communities, specific advice about vaccine availability might differ... pay attention to what local health officials say. - Julie Gerberding

[Sports teams] are not getting any different advice. There's no reason to think they would be at any different risk. There are no advisories against teams playing in Canada. - Julie Gerberding

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