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Kelly M. Pyrek has served as editor in chief of Infection Control Today magazine for the past seven years, and manages a number of ICT-affiliated print and online offerings, including the Infection Control Education Institute, the ICT Conference on Professional Development, the ICT Series of Webinars, and GermStop. Recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists as an award-winning practitioner, she has served as an editorial manager, editor, and writer for newspapers, magazines, wire services, and public information bureaus for 25 years. She is a graduate of the Universityof Southern California. |
Thoughts on the H1N1 Outbreak Anniversary
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Don’t miss Dr. Richard Wenzel’s thoughtful op-ed piece on the one-year anniversary of the novel H1N1 influenza virus outbreak in The New York Times today. Wenzel is a professor of internal medicine and a specialist in infectious diseases at Virginia Commonwealth University. Acknowledging the challenges posed by this strain, Wenzel notes, “In our own country, the virus struck at a time when Americans seemed particularly skeptical about our government and large institutions. The CDC faced an uphill battle to characterize the trajectory of the pandemic, to define its impact, to offer suggestions and to convince a wary public to get vaccinated.” To read the rest of the commentary from the Times, CLICK HERE.
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