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Gerberding On Flu Fatigue
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As the 13th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (currently underway in Kuala Lumpur) progresses, we tend to get bits and pieces of what is said showing up in the media.
Today comments made by Julie Gerberding, Director of the CDC, are making headlines.
Dr. Gerberding reminds us that the pandemic threat has not diminished, and that we must not allow `flu fatigue' to make us complacent.
This report from the Washington Times.
US health official says flu threat high
Originally published 04:52 a.m., June 21, 2008,
updated 04:50 a.m., June 21, 2008
A top U.S. health official says the threat of a flu pandemic remains high. And while the world has made great strides to prepare, it's not enough.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Julie Gerberding says bird flu fatigue among countries and the public is a growing concern.
Scientists have identified the H5N1 bird flu virus as a potential candidate that could mutate into a form that spreads easily among people.
"People have very short attention spans and when something is in the news for a while, it becomes old news and then it's no news," she said at a conference Saturday. "We have to be very strategic to make sure that the leaders and governments fill in for the tendency toward complacency."
posted by FLA_MEDIC @ 7:18 AM
# 2090
http://afludiary.blogspot.com/
As the 13th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (currently underway in Kuala Lumpur) progresses, we tend to get bits and pieces of what is said showing up in the media.
Today comments made by Julie Gerberding, Director of the CDC, are making headlines.
Dr. Gerberding reminds us that the pandemic threat has not diminished, and that we must not allow `flu fatigue' to make us complacent.
This report from the Washington Times.
US health official says flu threat high
Originally published 04:52 a.m., June 21, 2008,
updated 04:50 a.m., June 21, 2008
A top U.S. health official says the threat of a flu pandemic remains high. And while the world has made great strides to prepare, it's not enough.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Julie Gerberding says bird flu fatigue among countries and the public is a growing concern.
Scientists have identified the H5N1 bird flu virus as a potential candidate that could mutate into a form that spreads easily among people.
"People have very short attention spans and when something is in the news for a while, it becomes old news and then it's no news," she said at a conference Saturday. "We have to be very strategic to make sure that the leaders and governments fill in for the tendency toward complacency."