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Jennifer Nuzzo

Jennifer Nuzzo, SM
Associate

- Area of Professional Expertise: Public Health
- Professional Profile
Selected Publications
- Ms. Nuzzo in the News

In the News

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May 13, 2008
Homeland Security: Inside and Out. Host: Randy Larsen. KAMU 90.9 FM.
Jennifer Nuzzo identified the difference between isolation and quarantine: "Isolation . . . means to separate someone who is sick from those who are well . . . in quarantine, we separate people who do not have any symptoms of being sick from other people in the population simply becuase we think that they may have been exposed to someone who is sick . . . The practice of quarantine on a large scale is very, very difficult to do, and modern attempts at trying it during SARS showed that it wasn't very effective

October 28, 2007
1957 Asian flu hit area communities hard, by George Guido.  Valley News Dispatch (Western, PA).
With regard to school districts planning for pandemic flu, Ms. Jennifer Nuzzo states “It makes a whole lot of sense for schools to be thinking about it . . . .In particular, there’s a concern about school kids because of the rate at which school kids shed viruses.”

October 18, 2007
Local school districts prepare for flu pandemic, by Tim Puko. Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
Ms. Jennifer Nuzzo notes that "It makes a whole lot of sense for schools to be thinking about [planning for a flu pandemic]."

October 16, 2007
Want to stop flu? focus on children's hygiene, by Becky Ham. Health Behavior News Service.
Commenting on closing schools to prevent disease spread, Ms. Jennifer Nuzzo noted, "It's likely that the effectiveness of school closures would depend on what respiratory disease is present, how early the measure is applied and or how long and whether or not kids are prevented from mixing elsewhere."

October 4, 2007
Kulongoski says terror exercise will prepare Ore. for other risks, by William McCall. The Associated Press.
With regard to terrorism drills and maintaining effective communications, Ms. Jennifer Nuzzo is quoted: "I think in all the exercises that's a huge thing, and a common theme in all of them."

September 11, 2007
Anthrax has a long history, by Robert Miller. Danbury News Times.
Senior Analyst Jennifer Nuzzo was interviewed about the 2001 anthrax attacks: "To weaponize it [anthrax], you make it more lethal. It has to make people sicker, or stay in the air longer, so more people breath [sic] it in."

February 5, 2007
UK pandemic test shows limits of off-site alternatives: Working from home doesn't replicate market activity, by John Sandman. Securities Industry News.
Ms. Jennifer Nuzzo is quoted: "Quarantining individuals who may not be infected could do more harm than good . . . The efficacy of quarantine has not been demonstrated."