{"id":153,"date":"2017-04-19T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/?p=153"},"modified":"2017-04-18T22:34:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T03:34:25","slug":"after-ebola-nebraska-and-the-next-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/2017\/04\/19\/after-ebola-nebraska-and-the-next-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAfter Ebola: Nebraska and the Next Pandemic\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Nebraska is a midwest state with those innate values that, in my limited experience thus far, tends to be against boasting and toward humility. Characteristics often to be proud of, but at times, humbleness verges on being a\u00a0fault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Ebola experience highlights the experience here &#8211; UNMC and NMC were ready for Ebola &#8211; for a LONG time. Preparedness, drills and money spent &#8220;just in case&#8221; we ever needed those skills. Guess what? We did. And we were ready.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">These experiences have prompted an amazing documentary that you should both watch and share. Infectious diseases are among the most terrifying and deadly diseases known to man. Help us, and the world, be prepared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The link below connects to the full-length version of the documentary created by NET called \u201cAfter Ebola: Nebraska and the Next Pandemic\u201d, which chronicles the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit and Nebraska preparedness.\u00a0 It will also air on NET at the following times:<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Wednesday, April 19 at 9pm on NET<br \/>\nFriday, April 21 at 7pm on NET World<br \/>\nSaturday, April 22 at 12am on NET<br \/>\nSaturday, April 22 at 7pm on NET<br \/>\nSunday, April 23 at 8am on NET World<br \/>\nSunday, April 23 at 12pm on NET<br \/>\nMonday, April 24 at 7pm on NET World<br \/>\nWednesday, April 26 at 8am on NET World<br \/>\nFriday, April 28 at 11:30 1pm on NET World<br \/>\nSaturday, April 29 at 12am on NET World<br \/>\nSaturday, April 29 at 7pm on NET World<br \/>\nWednesday, May 24 at 8pm on NET<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/netnebraska.org\/interactive-multimedia\/news\/net-news-after-ebola-nebraska-and-next-pandemic\">http:\/\/netnebraska.org\/interactive-multimedia\/news\/net-news-after-ebola-nebraska-and-next-pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This post represents personal opinion and was written by Kelly Cawcutt, MD, MS. It does not necessarily represent the opinions of the entire Division of Infections Diseases, UNMC, NMC or NET as a whole.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Credit given to: Angela Hewlett, MD and Phil Smith, MD along with the entire Nebraska Biocontainment Unit for their amazing leadership and efforts throughout this ongoing experience.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska is a midwest state with those innate values that, in my limited experience thus far, tends to be against boasting and toward humility. Characteristics often to be proud of, but at times, humbleness verges on being a\u00a0fault. The Ebola experience highlights the experience here &#8211; UNMC and NMC were ready for Ebola &#8211; for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":532,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/532"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}