Irwin Redlener
Irwin Redlener
Irwin Redlener is a pediatrician and public health activist who specializes in health care for underserved children, health care reform, and disaster planning, response, and recovery. He is the author of Americans at Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth12 August 1944
CountryUnited States of America
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You have sewage contaminating the water supply, ... You not only have the danger of the sewage itself, the need for water is one of the primary needs that must be fulfilled and people will drink dirty water, if they get thirsty enough.
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You have sewage contaminating the water supply. You not only have the danger of the sewage itself, the need for water is one of the primary needs that must be fulfilled and people will drink dirty water, if they get thirsty enough.
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Having insurance doesn't guarantee good health outcomes, but it is a critical factor.
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The best way to get a sense of what kinds of emergencies might present themselves in your community is by contacting local chapters of the American Red Cross or offices of emergency management in the region or state. Most large cities will have their own offices of emergency management.
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Poverty-fighting programs are not handouts - they are investments.
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There isn't a single American city, in my estimation, that has sufficient plans for a nuclear terrorist event.
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Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor.
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Seven million ship cargo containers come into the United States every year. Five to seven percent only are inspected - five to seven percent.
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We are profoundly unprepared to manage a pandemic flu threat right now,
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We started from zero five weeks ago to all this hot, hot spotlight on pandemic flu, but we're not going to be ready.
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We're seeing tremendous pressure at all levels to get ready for an imminent hurricane season, but on the federal level it seems frantic, not thoughtful.
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Nuclear terrorism is possible - it may be probable - but is survivable.
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President Obama was deeply and clearly affected by the Sandy Hook disaster.
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The larger the disaster, the more necessary it is to have the government as the principal driver of recovery.