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Radio Interview with FluTrackers (Sharon Sanders)
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sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
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Since this is my first live radio interview, I was not going to tell anyone, David, until I hear the podcast to see if I sound ok.
But since you have announced this - I will be sure to read the entire site before the interview! lol
The station is in the Atlanta area (population 5 million) in the state of Georgia, USA.
Dr. Henry Niman was David's guest last week and Dr. David Nabarro was a guest on Jan. 7th.
The podcasts are available here.
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Since this is my first live radio interview, I was not going to tell anyone, David, until I hear the podcast to see if I sound ok.
But since you have announced this - I will be sure to read the entire site before the interview! lol
The station is in the Atlanta area (population 5 million) in the state of Georgia, USA.
Dr. Henry Niman was David's guest last week and Dr. David Nabarro was a guest on Jan. 7th.
The podcasts are available here.
gsgs
Registered User
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are there transcripts ? That's easier to read, you can scip passages and I
don't understand English so well when the noise quality is bad and people
talk quickly.
OK, I listened to the niman-talk.
I think he didn't make clear why the spread to Russia,Europe,Africa
was so dangerous.
I mean, if H5N1 wants to go pandemic, it could do so just in China ?!
However we have HIV in Africa, many poor countries,India,Bangladesh,Africa,
who may not be capable to contain the bird-situation by measures as in Hongkong,
China,Vietnam,Thailand.
We have different genotypes in local bird's influenza to reassort with,
different conditions to adapt, weather, host species.
Much more opprtunities for the virus.
Well,... I still think China is most dangerous, though.
Just because of the large diversity, the many reassortments there.
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are there transcripts ? That's easier to read, you can scip passages and I
don't understand English so well when the noise quality is bad and people
talk quickly.
OK, I listened to the niman-talk.
I think he didn't make clear why the spread to Russia,Europe,Africa
was so dangerous.
I mean, if H5N1 wants to go pandemic, it could do so just in China ?!
However we have HIV in Africa, many poor countries,India,Bangladesh,Africa,
who may not be capable to contain the bird-situation by measures as in Hongkong,
China,Vietnam,Thailand.
We have different genotypes in local bird's influenza to reassort with,
different conditions to adapt, weather, host species.
Much more opprtunities for the virus.
Well,... I still think China is most dangerous, though.
Just because of the large diversity, the many reassortments there.
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I didn't give the specifics because the audience would not have the background, but the above comments have been made here and at the Recombinomics site, and most understand the "rolling the dice" or "Russian roulette" concepts, as well as the pandemic potential (efficient transmission) of a couple of changes in the receptor binding domain, so I think the concern over clade 2.2 is clear to most (although obviously, not to all).
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The concern over the movement of the Qingahi strains to vast regions is pretty obvious. I have posted numerous examples of acquired changes including receptor binding domain changes in clade 2.2 (Qinghai) in Turkey, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Egypt. Asssociated with those changes have been human cases in Turkey, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Djibouti, Nigeria, and Pakistan (and almost certainly in unreported cases in India and Bangladesh). None of the above locations had reported H5N1 prior to the migratory bird expansion beginning in the spring of 2005. The Paksitan transmission is the most sustained to date, and virtually all of the Qinghai isolates have PB2 E627K, which is linked to increased replication at mammalian body temperatures.
I didn't give the specifics because the audience would not have the background, but the above comments have been made here and at the Recombinomics site, and most understand the "rolling the dice" or "Russian roulette" concepts, as well as the pandemic potential (efficient transmission) of a couple of changes in the receptor binding domain, so I think the concern over clade 2.2 is clear to most (although obviously, not to all).
Extrapolation
Well-known member
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FLA1
Just remember you can mention 'terrestrial chickens' but no mention of 'extra-terrestrial chickens (pollous marsus) - somtimes referred to as Martian-chickens - as above in the gsgs post!!
I checked - this is not a news thread!
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FLA1
Just remember you can mention 'terrestrial chickens' but no mention of 'extra-terrestrial chickens (pollous marsus) - somtimes referred to as Martian-chickens - as above in the gsgs post!!
I checked - this is not a news thread!
Shannon Bennett
Well-known member
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Be confident. Confidence is one of the keys to successful public speaking. You know this stuff backwards and forwards. I know you do because I have spoken to you on the phone many times. Try not to stress, nice deep breaths, relax your throat, find something to laugh out loud at prior to the interview and, you will do a great job.
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Be confident. Confidence is one of the keys to successful public speaking. You know this stuff backwards and forwards. I know you do because I have spoken to you on the phone many times. Try not to stress, nice deep breaths, relax your throat, find something to laugh out loud at prior to the interview and, you will do a great job.
Blue
Well-known member
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Ditto.
You will be great, Florida1. You know your stuff, and what the mission
is. You will be a fine speaker.
Dr. Niman, that was an excellent presentation. Most listeners should
have no problem understanding the importance of what you said.
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Ditto.
You will be great, Florida1. You know your stuff, and what the mission
is. You will be a fine speaker.
Dr. Niman, that was an excellent presentation. Most listeners should
have no problem understanding the importance of what you said.
Amish Country
Well-known member
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Congradulations! You will be fine Florida. Just remember you will be talking to a lot of nubies to the idea of pandemic flu and infectious disease. Guess it is too late now but for future interviews (I hope!) can you request a list of questions and areas of interest to help you gather your thoughts and be better prepared? It might also be good to have some crib notes for the obvious questions like.
1) How dangerous is pandemic flu?
2) Why should people prepare?
3) What can people do to prepare?
4) Why do you feel so strongly about this?
5) When will it happen?
6) Since it hasn't happened yet what are the odds of it not happening?
7) How bad could it be?
8) Who is likely to catch it?
If you do screw up don't worry about it, just clear your throat, pause, gather your thoughts and start in again with "What I meant to say:". Radio stations hate dead air.
Best of luck!
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Congradulations! You will be fine Florida. Just remember you will be talking to a lot of nubies to the idea of pandemic flu and infectious disease. Guess it is too late now but for future interviews (I hope!) can you request a list of questions and areas of interest to help you gather your thoughts and be better prepared? It might also be good to have some crib notes for the obvious questions like.
1) How dangerous is pandemic flu?
2) Why should people prepare?
3) What can people do to prepare?
4) Why do you feel so strongly about this?
5) When will it happen?
6) Since it hasn't happened yet what are the odds of it not happening?
7) How bad could it be?
8) Who is likely to catch it?
If you do screw up don't worry about it, just clear your throat, pause, gather your thoughts and start in again with "What I meant to say:". Radio stations hate dead air.
Best of luck!
Niko
Editor, Senior Moderator
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I missed the live show but hope to catch it here in a day or two:
Infectious Disease Update
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I missed the live show but hope to catch it here in a day or two:
Infectious Disease Update
Amish Country
Well-known member
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Ok Florida! How'd it go? And when can the rest of us get transcripts? :applause:
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Ok Florida! How'd it go? And when can the rest of us get transcripts? :applause:
sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
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The podcast should be in the archives shortly at the link that Niko provided above.
The host was very nice. I was very nervous. He made a couple of errors in describing FT. He said I was the founder when I told him on the air that a few of us started FT. Also he said at the end that FT was my "creation" when it is the creation of all of the members. I could not clarify this because he said this at the finish when he was signing off the show. I think he was trying to "sell" FT. lol
I mentioned many of the members (monikers) and how we work here. It is a international collaborative effort.
It was a huge learning experience for me. He cancelled the commercials so we could have more time. So it was a full hour with one short break to identify the station. We talked about:
1) FT,
2) Geographical spread of bird flu,
3) Preps,
4) Prevention,
5) Chikungunya,
6) Mosquitos,
7) Network Partners & Personal Responsibility,
8) Anti-viral resistance,
9) Current diseases that "present" similar to bird flu.
He is having another M.D. on next week (he mostly has M.D.s on) and the following week I believe Julie Gerberding is on.
Overall, it was a pleasant experience. We talked for about 5 minutes in the morning so I had a vague idea of what he was going to ask on the air in the afternoon, but I did not anticipate the breadth of the questions. It was basically the FT site in 1 hour. A to Z.
I hope I represented FT ok. I am new to this and I know I made mistakes.
Thanks everyone for what you are doing here. We are making a difference.
:tiphat:
S.
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The podcast should be in the archives shortly at the link that Niko provided above.
The host was very nice. I was very nervous. He made a couple of errors in describing FT. He said I was the founder when I told him on the air that a few of us started FT. Also he said at the end that FT was my "creation" when it is the creation of all of the members. I could not clarify this because he said this at the finish when he was signing off the show. I think he was trying to "sell" FT. lol
I mentioned many of the members (monikers) and how we work here. It is a international collaborative effort.
It was a huge learning experience for me. He cancelled the commercials so we could have more time. So it was a full hour with one short break to identify the station. We talked about:
1) FT,
2) Geographical spread of bird flu,
3) Preps,
4) Prevention,
5) Chikungunya,
6) Mosquitos,
7) Network Partners & Personal Responsibility,
8) Anti-viral resistance,
9) Current diseases that "present" similar to bird flu.
He is having another M.D. on next week (he mostly has M.D.s on) and the following week I believe Julie Gerberding is on.
Overall, it was a pleasant experience. We talked for about 5 minutes in the morning so I had a vague idea of what he was going to ask on the air in the afternoon, but I did not anticipate the breadth of the questions. It was basically the FT site in 1 hour. A to Z.
I hope I represented FT ok. I am new to this and I know I made mistakes.
Thanks everyone for what you are doing here. We are making a difference.
:tiphat:
S.
Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
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Congratulations!
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Congratulations!