Julie Gerberding Predict Quotations

We're very early in the flu season this year. We're seeing very sporadic activity in seven states, and one state with local activity, but it's way at the very early stages. So it's difficult to predict how severe the season will be, when it will take off, and when it will peak, and what ultimately the spectrum of impact will be,

By unmasking the 1918 virus we are revealing some of the secrets that will help us predict and prepare for the next pandemic.

We still have no capacity to predict where it's going.

We have been able to unmask the 1918 virus, and it is revealing to us some of the secrets that will help us prepare for and predict the next pandemic.

Looking back to the 1918 pandemic virus is a natural source for us to try to understand and predict what we might be working with today in the context of H5 or some other pandemic.

Well, we're just at the beginning of the flu season, so we can't predict whether this is going to be a serious year or not, ... We have 20 million more doses of flu vaccine to get out there, and our goal is to get those doses to the people who need it the most before the season really speeds up.

We expect more cases - definitely. We really can't predict at this point of time where the virus will go next.

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.

We are very focused on the potential for and outbreak of pandemic influenza. We are looking back to the 1918 pandemic virus as a natural resource to help us understand and predict what we are dealing with.