I think it should be universally understood that it can't be fixed overnight. |
I think it's evident it's in the thousands. |
If a pandemic hits our shores, it will affect almost every sector of our society, not just health care, but transportation systems, workplaces, schools, public safety and more, |
If avian flu shows human-to-human sustained transmission anywhere, there is danger everywhere, ... We in the U.S. do not have sufficient capacity to manufacture vaccines for our own populations. Nations all over the world need to be thinking about this because it would be difficult for any one nation to produce the vaccines needed for their own population. |
If it is present anywhere, there is danger everywhere. |
If there's a pandemic in the 21st century, it's going to reach Virginia -- it's going to reach hometowns. There is no way to respond to 5,000 communities at the same time. |
If we find there is human-to-human transmission anywhere, there is danger everywhere, |
If we have person-to-person transmission anywhere, the risk is everywhere. |
If we're able to be where the spark ignites, we have the capacity to simply put it out, |
in a powerful, compassionate and competent way. |
is the capacity for every American to have a vaccine in the case of a pandemic, no matter what the virus is. |
Is this the little boy who cried wolf? Is this Y2K? Let's hope so. But the reality is we don't know. |
It could become one of the most serious threats to human life that the world has ever faced, because humans have no immunity. |
It is important to immunize every child, whether they are sick or whether they are well, |
It's absolutely critical that we find the way to balance between informing people and inflaming the situation, |