We are preparing for the possibility of infectious diseases that could be spread under conditions of crowding in shelters, |
We are very focused on the potential for and outbreak of pandemic influenza. We are looking back to the 1918 pandemic virus as a natural resource to help us understand and predict what we are dealing with. |
We are working around the clock to confirm or rule out the diagnosis, |
We believe the health hazard from this water is still a very important threat for people who have yet to evacuate, ... The results from the EPA indicate the water is full of sewage. We know it's not safe. |
We certainly learned last year that there are always some uncertainties in dealing with influenza. |
We could see an outbreak today, or we may not ever see an outbreak of infectious disease in this context. It is too soon to say. |
We do have disease detectives who are working to study some features of the outbreak so we can learn as the virus spreads from community to community. |
We don't want volunteers to flood in a discordant way. |
We expect more cases - definitely. |
We expect more cases - definitely. We really can't predict at this point of time where the virus will go next. |
We expect we'll have time for most people to receive their vaccine. |
We have a stockpile. We have more drugs than we've ever had to treat this condition. I feel like we are taking responsible steps, but we need to solve the problem with the vaccine manufacturing and that's a problem that's been 25 years in the making. |
We have been able to unmask the 1918 virus, and it is revealing to us some of the secrets that will help us prepare for and predict the next pandemic. |
We have to keep an open mind. |
We haven't identified anything about this strain that's different from strains in the other areas. |