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Wednesday, October 12, 2005 

Discussion on the quarantine issue

As you may be able to tell, NBC devoted a day to discussing influenza, and the current issues regarding avian flu in particular. Here is a transcript of NBC reporter Dan Abrams discussing the issue of quarantine with Greg Evans, director of St. Louis University's Institute for Biosecurity and Dr. William Schaffner, chairmen of Vanderbilt University's Department of Preventive Medicine. Go here for more of MSNBC's coverage of the issue.

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  • I'm a mom and a scientist, your basic stressed-out, wanna-have-it-all-and-do-it-all Gen Xer. Recently transplanted from Ohio to Iowa, I've spent most of my life in the midwest (with 4 years of college spent out east in "soda" territory). My main interest, and the subject of my research, is infectious disease: how does the microbe cause illness? What makes one strain nasty, and another "avirulent?" Are the latter really not causing any disease, or could some of those be possible for the development of chronic disease years down the road? Additionally, I've spent a lot of time discussing the value of teaching evolution, and educating others about "intelligent design" and other forms of creationism. My interest in history of science and medicine is also useful as a way to tie all of the above interests together. [Disclaimer: the views here are solely my own, and do not represent my employer, my spouse, that guy who's always sitting by the fountain when I come into work, or anyone else with whom I may be remotely affiliated.]
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