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Publichealth interest is to keep thekids in face-to-face learning.It can be done safely andresponsibly.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
There's no question that the public healthinterest of K-12 students is notserved by remote learning.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I was threatened and ostracized because I proposed another hypothesis, i expected it from politicians. I didn’t expect it from science.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I do think you have to anticipate that this is another surge event. You had largely unmasked individuals in a non-distanced fashion, who were all through the Capitol.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
This is the next step in our efforts to protect Americans, reduce the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and help restore some normalcy to our lives and our country.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Last night, I was proud to sign the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' recommendation to use Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in people 16 and older. This official The CDC recommendation follows Friday's FDA decision to authorize the emergency use of Pfizer's vaccine, as COVID-19 cases continue to surge throughout United States, CDC's recommendation comes at a critical time.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
As I testified before Congress, I am fully committed to maintaining the independence of the MMWR, and I stand by that statement.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Before we see February, we could be close to 450,000 Americans that have died from this virus.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Obviously people don't understand the ability to suck energy out of people that are working 24/7 when they get unfairly criticized or unfairly characterized, and really that's the real harm in all this.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I want to add, you know, how disappointed I have been personally when people at HHS made comments that they felt there was a deep state down at CDC.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I don't believe that access to the vaccine after the first of the year and into the beginning of the second quarter would be an issue.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I've conducted a number of clinical trials in my days, both at Walter Reed [ National Military Medical Center ] and University of Maryland, of which I had the trial put on hold because of adverse reactions until we could evaluate whether that adverse reaction was something that was associated with the investigational product, and if so, was it serious enough that we then had to stop the trial.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
By getting that flu vaccine, you may be able to negate the necessity to take up a hospital bed, and then that hospital bed can be more available for those who potentially get hospitalized for Covid.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Its also becoming clear that wearing masks, avoiding crowds and keeping your distance are protections that are not specific for COVID. Theyre going to work for any respiratory virus.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We are placing an emphasis on testing individuals with symptomatic illness, individuals with a significant exposure, vulnerable populations including nursing homes or long term care facilities, critical infrastructure workers, healthcare workers and first responders, or those individuals who may be asymptomatic when prioritized by medical and public health officials.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
These updated guidelines, coordinated in conjunction with the White House Coronavirus Task Force, received appropriate attention, consultation and input from task force experts, we are placing an emphasis on testing individuals with symptomatic illness, individuals with a significant exposure, vulnerable populations including nursing homes or long term care facilities, critical infrastructure workers, healthcare workers and first responders, or those individuals who may be asymptomatic when prioritized by medical and public health officials.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
This moment is Africa's to celebrate and to savor, and I want you to know The CDC stands with you today, until the day that polio is finally eradicated, robert Redfield have demonstrated how much can be achieved when determination, partnership and resources come together, no matter the circumstances.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
That is why it's so important for Middle America to recognize the mitigation that we talked about... it's for Middle America too, the Nebraskas, the Oklahomas, we don't need to have a third wave in the heartland right now.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We don't need to have a third wave in the heartland right now, we need to prevent that.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
It is not known how the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing measures may affect the circulation of viruses that can cause AFM, or if COVID-19 will impact the health care system's ability to promptly recognize and respond to AFM, if social distancing measures decrease circulation of enteroviruses this year, AFM cases may be fewer than expected or the outbreak may be delayed.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We're not powerless. We don't have to wait for a vaccine, although I think we're going to be successful sooner than many people think. We have the most powerful weapon in our hands right now, I mean it's an enormously powerful weapon. It's just a simple, flimsy mask, this virus can be defeated if people just wear a mask.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The introduction from Europe happened before we realized what was happening, by the time we realized( the) Europe threat and shut down travel to Europe, there was probably already two or three weeks of 60,000 people coming back every day from Europe.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Because to me, face coverings are the key. If you really look at it, the data is really clear -- they work.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Remember, it's guidance, it's not requirements, and its purpose is to facilitate the reopening and keeping open the schools in this country.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Our guidelines are our guidelines, but we are going to provide additional reference documents to aid basically communities in trying to open K-through-12s, it's not a revision of the guidelines ; it's just to provide additional information to help schools be able to use the guidance we put forward.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We are not defenseless against COVID-19, cloth face coverings are one of the most powerful weapons we have to slow and stop the spread of the virus -- particularly when used universally within a community setting. All Americans have a responsibility to protect themselves, their families, and their communities.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I do think the fall and the winter of 2020 and 2021 are going to be the probably one of the most difficult times that we experienced in American public health.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
But at the end of the day, these guidances are just that — they're guidances, which the local schools and districts need to then incorporate into a practical, real plan that they can operationalize to begin to get these young people back to school safely.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I can tell you that those guidance that we put out are out, and they stand.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I want to make it very clear that what is not the intent of CDC's guidelines is to be used as a rationale to keep schools closed, it would be personally very disappointing to me, and, I know, my agency, if we saw that individuals were using these guidelines as a rationale for not reopening our schools.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I can tell you that when American Airlines announced that the other day, obviously there was substantial disappointment with American Airlines, i can say this is under critical review right now by us at The CDC. We don't think it's the right message.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Specifically, I'm addressing the younger members of our society, the millennials and the Generation Z's -- I ask those that are listening to spread the word.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We have powerful tools at our disposal -- social distancing, wear a face cover in public, and be disciplined about the frequent hand washing, we are not defenseless against this disease.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Specifically, I'm addressing the younger members of our society, the millennials and the Generation Z's, i ask those that are listening to spread the word.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I can tell you that when they announced that the other day, obviously there was substantial disappointment with American Airlines, i can say this is under critical review right now by The US at CDC. The US don't think it's the right message.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
CDC has begun to prepare for months ahead, when the next season's influenza illness will occur simultaneously, potentially, with Covid-19, increasing the challenges on hospitals, health care professionals and the public, this fall, before the seasonal circulation of influenza increase, I encourage the American people to be prepared and to embrace flu vaccination with confidence for yourself, your families in the communities.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
So unfortunately we have a situation where it's sort of a double whammy, obviously, the African American community has suffered from racism for a very, very long period of time.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
To my knowledge, none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing. That just is a fact. In fact, we will be doing more testing.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
This fall, before the seasonal circulation of influenza increase, I encourage the American people to be prepared and to embrace flu vaccination with confidence for yourself, your families in the communities.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
This needs to be a partnership. It's not all the burden of the federal government to invest in public health at the local level.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We've all done the best that we can do to tackle this virus.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I feel confident that the public health partnership that we have -- although it may be modified in some way at a political level -- I don't think it's going to be modified in terms of our public health efforts.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
There are a number of states - 19, 20 states - that really have had limited impact from it. So I think we will see some states that are, the governors feel that they're ready, we're poised to assist them with that reopening.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There are a number of counties within this country that have not experienced really any coronavirus despite testing.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We've had a very productive public health relationship, we continue to have that.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If we can just maximize that social distancing, we can limit this virus's ability.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
It's not going to be one size fits all. It's going to be using the data that we have from surveillance to really understand where it is the most important places for us to begin to reopen.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
That includes early case identification, isolating people who are sick and tracing those that the person has come into contact with while they were contagious, we don't have to go through the serious mitigation steps that we're taking to get us under control.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We're very comfortable in responding when we have data that is compelling, cDC, as an organization ... we're not an opinion organization. We're a science-based data driven organization. So I do think this is going to be an independent decision of these health care providers and patients.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
At this stage, at this moment in time, we're not recommending it, but we're not, not recommending that, we're recommending for the physician and the patient to have that discussion.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We're not defenseless, this virus has a very significant weakness, it can't swim 7 feet.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Those models that were done, they assumed that only about 50 % of the American public would pay attention to the recommendations. In fact, it would seem, a large majority of the American public are taking the social distancing recommendations to heart -- and I think that's the direct consequence of why you're seeing the numbers are going to be much, much, much, much lower than would've been predicted by the models.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
One of the [ pieces of ] information that we have pretty much confirmed now is that a significant number of individuals that are infected actually remain asymptomatic.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
There's been good communication with our colleagues to confirm asymptomatic infection, to confirm asymptomatic transmission, to be able to get a better handle on the clinical spectrum of illness in China, what we don't know though is how much of the asymptomatic cases are driving transmission.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
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