Melaney Arnold Quotations

We're still obviously closely monitoring this. At this point, we still don't know exactly what's going on.

We're still looking into the determining factors of the outbreak. We used to only have 10 to 15 cases in one year.

We need to make sure that we are prepared when and if something does happen.

Basically they've submitted some additional information to the Department of Public Health that we are going to be looking at so there has been no changes to the allegations or to the violations yet. The status hearing is now set for March 10th.

If students have any kinds of symptoms, they should double check with local physicians and let them know that there is an outbreak on campus.

We expect to see more cases. There is really no indication that the rate will drop. We're just not sure about how many or how soon.

The $50,000 fine is the highest that can be levied in a death-related case.

We want to make sure that everything we have planned is in place. This is something we've been working on for a very long time.

Normally, the appeals process in a case like this takes a couple of months.

Awareness is up because it's been in the news. People are actually going to the doctor and getting it checked out.

The vaccine is only about 95 percent effective. Five percent of the population is not going to be effected by it.

There is the possibility of losing your hearing. That's when it gets to a very serious level.

The investigation continues into why the sudden increase of mumps this year.

I'm sure that local communities probably get tired of people coming to them and saying this wasn't installed right.

If hospitals and doctors believe we are going to release all the information we get, they might be hesitant to provide the information and wouldn't report to us.

The Department of Public Health is recommending that anyone who has only received one vaccination for mumps see a physician for the second dosage because of the number of mumps cases.