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I had, quite literally, 20 times more flexible dollars as New York City health commissioner than I did as CDC Director.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We literally didn't have money for plane tickets and per diem to send staff into the field, i had, quite literally, 20 times more flexible dollars as New York City health commissioner than I did as CDC Director.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Getting healthy doesn't mean denying ourselves things we want to do.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
One of the reasons Covid has killed so many people is there were so many people who were vulnerable to health problems.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
It's been very challenging for health, for doctors and others to deal with viral misinformation, which spreads even faster than Omicron.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
My group, Resolve to Save Lives, has suggested a global galvanizing goal we call 7-1-7 : that every single outbreak anywhere in the world is detected within seven days of emergence, reported within one day and control measures implemented within seven days.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
The CDC literally wrote the book on public health communication in an emergency : Be first, be right, be credible, be empathetic, give people practical, proven things to do to protect themselves, their families( and) their communities, unfortunately, that hasn't been implemented( in the US), either by the prior administration or by this one. And we have suffered for that.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
So we really do need to up our game in terms of protecting people in this country and around the world, you can't make a safer US without making a safer world.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
You do need very clear, frequent communications: Be first, be right, be credible, express empathy, promote action, show respect.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
It's so odd, because CDC literally wrote the book on how to communicate in a health emergency -- literally, i don't know what happened.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
When Ebola hit, it happened to be at the end of a fiscal year, and we literally didn't have enough money to buy plane tickets for staff. We had to borrow $3 million from another agency, when I was New York City health commissioner, I had 20 times more flexible funds than I had as CDC director.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
There are so few people who've spent a lot of time in the state and local, especially local and city health departments [and] that's really quite a major issue.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Some messages are best heard not coming from the White House because a lot of the country isn't going to believe anything this White House says.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Pfizer and Moderna have made fundamental missteps that must be corrected or their reputation for this work will be irreparably tarnished, and, more importantly, millions of lives will be put at risk. First, Pfizer and Moderna have focused on selling expensive doses to rich countries and have done nothing or next-to-nothing to scale up production to meet the global need.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The sad truth is that pandemics even deadlier than Covid could happen at any point in the future. Failure is an option, but success is possible. We must work together as a world and invest the financial and political capital, supported by technical expertise and effective global, regional, and national institutions, to make sure we are never again caught so unprepared.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Classrooms should stay open as long as possible, and reopen as soon as possible, in-person learning is enormously important.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We could have had one-fifth the deaths we've have had, and part of this is a failure to communicate, we will pass 200,000 deaths in the beginning of October, by all estimates, and this is a number that is just almost inconceivable.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We will pass 200,000 deaths in the beginning of October, by all estimates, and this is a number that is just almost inconceivable, this is an enormous number of people dying and it's tragic to recognize that if we just had a more organized, well-led response with clear communication, many of those deaths could have been avoided.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
What we have to do is recognize that we're all in it together, and any one group or any one part of the country that gets infected or has a high rate of disease is a risk potentially to every other age group and every other part of the country.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The White House and The CDC have been working together in partnership since the very beginning of this pandemic to carry out the President's highest priority : the health and safety of the American public., we encourage all Americans to continue to follow the CDC's guidelines and use best-practices they have learned, such as social distancing, face coverings, and good hygiene, to maintain public health and continue our Transition to Greatness.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Those younger people have parents. They have grandparents, and they are going to go see those people, the more the virus spreads, the more everybody is vulnerable.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The basis for decisions used to be how to save the most lives now, it's how to satisfy the most lobbyists.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
What a different world we would live in today if Dr. Director Nancy Messonnier, who is our country's top expert in how to fight this kind of condition of viral pneumonia, had been speaking to us every day, just as frankly, just as accurately, just as honestly, as Director Nancy Messonnier did in January and February, we would have gotten used to the idea, perhaps, that we were going to have to do some drastic things.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I can't think of any precedent for what's going on, it's mind-boggling.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
If New York City had locked down two days before New York City did, half the people who died would not have died. Because New York City was doubling every two days, speed is incredibly important.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We have chaotic things happening out of White House without any clear plan, without a comprehensive approach, without clear messaging, and the result is a lot of people are dying... who didn't have to die, i can't think of any precedent for what's going on.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
So the possibilities here go from the bad, to the very, very bad.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Her experience as state health commissioner is important to understanding the needs of public health.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
They had very high kill rates in the mosquito traps there.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The risk to delegations going and athletes is not zero, but the risk of any travel isn't zero. The risk is not particularly high other than for pregnant women.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We need a robust response to protect American women and reduce the number of families affected( by Zika), anything we don't do now, we will regret later.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S., and it is driving up our healthcare costs, on the flip side, tobacco-control measures save lives and save money. The states that do more on tobacco control see their people live longer and cost less in health care.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This study is another good documentation that tobacco control really is a best buy, we need to invest in it because it will save lives and save money.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There are some new technologies for controlling mosquitoes that might work out, and what we’ve got to do is accelerate testing them out to see if they work. We also have to use the tools we have today to protect people as well as we can today, because it’s likely that we’re going to see more countries affected by Zika and more travelers coming back to the U.S. with Zika.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
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