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 ==== Pandemic preparations ====
-In a November 2005 interview, Johnson stated that a [[pandemic]] caused by [[influenza]] was to be expected.((Crawshaw, C. (2005, November 4). //Scientists and government bodies are gearing up for what could be the next influenza pandemic: Avian Flu.// University of Alberta Folio. https://web.archive.org/web/20221027184001/https://sites.ualberta.ca/~publicas/folio/43/05/focus.html))
+In a November 2005 interview, Johnson stated that a [[pandemic]] caused by [[influenza]] was to be expected, and that it likely would start in [[Asia]].((Crawshaw, C. (2005, November 4). //Scientists and government bodies are gearing up for what could be the next influenza pandemic: Avian Flu.// University of Alberta Folio. https://web.archive.org/web/20221027184001/https://sites.ualberta.ca/~publicas/folio/43/05/focus.html)) She revealed that the [[Capital Health Authority]], [[Alberta Ministry of Health]] and [[Health Canada]] were "co-ordinating their efforts to prepare Alberta for a pandemic, and in fact, for the worst possible pandemic." She anticipated that such a pandemic "will cause a lot of illness and death in [[Canada]]."
 ==== COVID-19 ====
 During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Johnson served as a representative for the Office of the Medical Officer of Health on the [[AHS COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Group]]. In this role, she contributed to an October 2021 publication asserting that [[COVID-19 vaccines]] prevent transmission is most cases.((Scientific Advisory Group. (2021, October 21). //Likelihood of Transmission of COVID-19 infection after COVID-19 Vaccination.// Alberta Health Services. https://web.archive.org/web/20221013200539/https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/ppih/if-ppih-covid-19-sag-post-vaccine-transmission-rapid-review.pdf))