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Press conference
May. 1st, 2009 11:11 amI am listening to the press conference about the school closing. One of the big issues is that the SATs were scheduled for this school on Saturday.
Another issue is that student privacy is being probed pretty hard, since the media would like to report the epidemiology to give an idea of the risk.
Dr. Weast just stood up and gave a strong, strong defense of student privacy. Good man. He compared it to some of the reactions in the early 80s to AIDS cases.
The medical officer explained the difference between suspect, probable and confirmed cases. She also mentioned that Atlanta is still the only place that MD can get probable cases turned into confirmed cases. The CDC was aiming to have test kits to the states on Friday, but MD doesn't have one yet and is assuming a delay at the CDC in confirming the accuracy of the test kits.
Another issue is that student privacy is being probed pretty hard, since the media would like to report the epidemiology to give an idea of the risk.
Dr. Weast just stood up and gave a strong, strong defense of student privacy. Good man. He compared it to some of the reactions in the early 80s to AIDS cases.
The medical officer explained the difference between suspect, probable and confirmed cases. She also mentioned that Atlanta is still the only place that MD can get probable cases turned into confirmed cases. The CDC was aiming to have test kits to the states on Friday, but MD doesn't have one yet and is assuming a delay at the CDC in confirming the accuracy of the test kits.
