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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The illusion is that help (from the federal government) will be there minutes later, which is really not the case,
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I wouldn't be too quick to predict how this is going to turn out,
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Many people will be stressed and will require support over a long period of time and will be vulnerable to psychological problems. We know this from other disaster experiences.
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Because the sheer size of the impact was so large, I think there is a greater sense of despair and loss that people are experiencing. This experience of dramatic, prolonged displacement will create a toll long into the future.
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I would like to see a new national discussion about what prepared means, how it's measured and what we should expect. Since 9-11, the nation has spent tens of billions of dollars on preparedness, yet we can account for very little and can hardly say what actually has been accomplished.
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expressing anger and other most unusual behaviors on what appeared to be a coached, homemade recording.
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The lethal capacity of this virus is very, very high, so it's a deadly virus that humans have not been exposed to before. That's a very bad combination.
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The translation of this is martial law in the United States,
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When you drive around Biloxi and see all those houses that have been very badly damaged and see people living in the rubble for weeks and weeks, it's easy to understand how traumatizing this has been for these families.
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What we are looking at are extremely grim prospects for the future. This is a very overwhelmed system.
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Many low-income children face chronic stress from nutritional deprivation or persistent violence at home or in the community. By addressing their medical, emotional and developmental needs through a comprehensive clinical care model, we can lower their risk of developing long-term physical and mental health issues.
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Very large scale disasters, especially those that have occurred in the developing world, have very long recovery periods.
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Americans do not have a good track record when it comes to preparing for disasters, unless they see a clear possibility of personally being in harms way.
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Medicaid and the Child Health Insurance Program are the two most important safety net programs for children.