"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."

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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.

— Julie Gerberding