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The way we work in public health is, we make the best recommendations and decisions based on the best available data.
- Tom Frieden
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As director of the CDC, one of the best parts of my job is announcing good news.
- Tom Frieden
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More than 50 million people around the world died during the 1918-1919 flu pandemic. That's why we have epidemiologists all over the world tracking whether new strains of flu emerge.
- Tom Frieden
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Cigars, cigarettes, and hookah tobacco are all smoked tobacco - addictive and deadly. We need effective action to protect our kids from struggling with a lifelong addiction to nicotine.
- Tom Frieden
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In addition to pain, disability, and disfigurement, lymphatic filariasis carries a heavy social cost. Those disfigured by the disease are often shunned. Women are often rejected by their families. Both men and women can have difficulty finding jobs.
- Tom Frieden
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Our progress against malaria is impressive. But vigilance remains a critical ingredient to protect the health of all people.
- Tom Frieden
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The Zika virus invades and disrupts the development of the fetal brain, but the effects on the brains of infants and young children are unknown.
- Tom Frieden
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The United States has made remarkable progress in reducing both teen pregnancy and racial and ethnic differences, but the reality is, too many American teens are still having babies.
- Tom Frieden
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Over and over, nature shows that it's a really tough adversary. That's why it's important that we invest in laboratories, disease detectives, research, mosquito control, the public health system around the world to find, stop, track, prevent health threats.
- Tom Frieden
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Controlling mosquitos is tough. It's not quick; it's not easy. It requires work day in and day out to track where mosquitos are and to apply safely the appropriate mosquito control methods.
- Tom Frieden
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What works most effectively for quelling disease outbreaks like Ebola is not quarantining huge populations. What works is focusing on and isolating the sick and those in direct contact with them as they are at highest risk of infection. This strategy worked with SARS, and it worked during the H1N1 flu pandemic.
- Tom Frieden
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At CDC, we work 24/7 to save lives and protect people.
- Tom Frieden
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Some hospitals screen all ICU patients and isolate those with MRSA, a process that can be challenging for both caregivers and patients.
- Tom Frieden
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Physical activity - even if you don't lose an ounce, you'll live longer, feel healthier and be less likely to get cancer, heart disease, stroke and arthritis. It's the closest thing we have to a wonder drug.
- Tom Frieden
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I eat a lot of fruit because if I fill up on strawberries or an apple, then I'll have one small piece of cheesecake rather than two big pieces.
- Tom Frieden
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If we vaccinate well, if we increase those vaccination rates, we can stop measles just as we stopped it before.
- Tom Frieden
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MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is an important cause of healthcare-associated infections.
- Tom Frieden
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People have a misconception that the tobacco epidemic is a thing of the past. Tobacco still kills more Americans than any other cause.
- Tom Frieden
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The more we look at drug resistance, the more concerned we are. It basically shows us that the end of the road isn't very far away for antibiotics.
- Tom Frieden
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I love... cheesecake in New York. I love whatever is sweet.
- Tom Frieden
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It is the end of the road for antibiotics unless we act urgently.
- Tom Frieden
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Vaccination is the single most important step people can take to protect themselves from influenza.
- Tom Frieden
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Stopping TB requires a government program that functions every day of the year, and that's hard in certain parts of the world. And partly it's because of who tuberculosis affects: It tends to affect the poor and disenfranchised most.
- Tom Frieden
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Flu can be serious, and it kills tens of thousands of Americans each year. Vaccination is easier and more convenient than ever, so get yourself and your family protected.
- Tom Frieden
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#Yourself
Thanks to malaria elimination efforts in United States in the 1940s, most people in the U.S. today have never had any direct contact with the disease, and most doctors have never seen a case. That success means it's easy to have a relaxed attitude about protecting ourselves.
- Tom Frieden
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I loved clinical practice, but in public health, you can impact more than one person at a time. The whole society is your patient.
- Tom Frieden
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#Practice
#Society
#Time
Vaccines and antibiotics have made many infectious diseases a thing of the past; we've come to expect that public health and modern science can conquer all microbes. But nature is a formidable adversary.
- Tom Frieden
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#Nature
#Past
#Science
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