[If there's an early season,] we're likely to have in spot parts of the country increased morbidity and mortality, and that's what we're all fretting about, ... But it's relatively reassuring that it wasn't a bad October for the flu. If there were lots of influenza around lots of parts of the country in October, we'd be much, much more worried.

Vaccine production in this country is not tied to public health priorities.

In the camps, the malnutrition rates and morbidity increased instantly. Our colleagues from UNHCR [UN High Commissioner for Refugees], they also noticed that sexually-transmitted diseases increased too, like AIDS as some refugees had to turn to prostitution in exchange for food, which is very unfortunate. We also see that there was dropping out rates, increasing dropping out rates in schools, as parents do not send their kids to school anymore because they need them to work, to do dirty labor, and to get some money to buy food.

It's too early for me [to give up on the season],

That is a big spike.

It is a big day for science,