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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Kennedy, John James <kennedy1@ku.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 14, 2020 9:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Pickerel, Linda M. <lpicke@ku.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Today Public health officials to speak on Coronavirus at KU forum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Public health officials to speak on Coronavirus at KU forum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">LAWRENCE — A panel of state, county and University of Kansas health officials will share information about the coronavirus at a public forum from 2-3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in the Forum
at Marvin Hall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Lee Norman will be among the panelists. "Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction" will be an opportunity to learn more about the respiratory
illness that began in Wuhan, China, late last year and has spread to a growing number of international locations, including the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“We want to counter the misinformation that is out there about the coronavirus,” said John Kennedy, director of the KU Center for East Asian Studies, which is sponsoring the event
along with KU International Affairs. “The forum is an opportunity to get the facts from health officials rather than from rumors or differing reports in the media.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Norman will speak about his work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal agencies and how the United States and Kansas are preparing for the risk of the
coronavirus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Linda Craig, clinical services director of Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, will also speak. In disease outbreaks, the local public health organization investigates to keep the
outbreak from spreading and to protect the public. It also helps identify those who are potentially exposed and might need to be notified.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Panelists representing KU will include Pavika Saripalli, chief of staff for Watkins Health Services; Patty Quinlan, infection prevention nurse at Watkins; Charles Bankart, associate
vice provost for International Affairs; Sheree Willis, with the School of Education; and Kennedy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact KU International Affairs at 785-864-6161 or
<a href="mailto:intlaffairs@ku.edu">intlaffairs@ku.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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