JULIE GERBERDING

I tell Administration officials this is the science. This is the recommendation. What they do with it is beyond my control.

There is no firm dividing line between what is an epidemic and what is not an epidemic, but I think, when you look at a map that shows widespread influenza activity in 36 states, that we regard it -- from a common-sense perspective -- as an epidemic.

Everybody has a colon. Everyone over 50 needs to get their colon checked.

If we do the kind of common-sense public health measures we know work, we ought to be able to stop it from being a global pandemic.

People just don't know that you can have colon cancer and be completely asymptomatic and healthy.

I tell Administration officials this is the science. This is the recommendation. What they do with it is beyond my control.

People just don't know that you can have colon cancer and be completely asymptomatic and healthy.

Everybody has a colon. Everyone over 50 needs to get their colon checked.

If we do the kind of common-sense public health measures we know work, we ought to be able to stop it from being a global pandemic.

There is no firm dividing line between what is an epidemic and what is not an epidemic, but I think, when you look at a map that shows widespread influenza activity in 36 states, that we regard it -- from a common-sense perspective -- as an epidemic.