Julie Gerberding Infectious Quotations

We are preparing for the possibility of infectious diseases that could be spread under conditions of crowding in shelters,

We could see an outbreak today, or we may not ever see an outbreak of infectious disease in this context. It is too soon to say.

So we really need to help people move beyond the threat of the infectious disease and really think about the sadness and the difficulty that the people who are searching for their relatives are really experiencing in this context.

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.

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