116 Quotes by 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.

Your hands are the most important means from which germs travel from one person to another. So it would make sense that washing your hands would be an effective strategy for protecting yourself.

You may see the mortality rate go up -- but that's not necessarily because SARS per se is getting worse,

This is an unstable situation right now. We're unable to predict where this will go.

This is an unstable situation right now. We're not reliably able to predict where this will go.

This is a tragic virus, but it is mainly there in that province, and is a very low threat to people here in this country.

This actually is the largest outbreak of mumps that we have seen in this country in more than 20 years.

It's at best embarrassing and at worst tragic that less than 50% of healthcare workers get vaccinated annually,

It's a vulnerable population, and the last thing they need to deal with in the context of all the other difficulties is a flu outbreak.