Michael Leavitt
Michael Leavitt
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All of the infectious diseases that occur when people are in large congregations of people can spread,
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The burning question is, will there be a human influenza pandemic. On behalf of the WHO, I can tell you that there will be. The only question is the virulence and rapidity of transmission from human to human.
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The world is obviously unprepared or inadequately prepared for the potential of a pandemic,
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I think it's evident it's in the thousands.
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The big lesson I learned from Hurricane Katrina is that we have to be thinking about the unthinkable, ... because sometimes the unthinkable happens.
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is the capacity for every American to have a vaccine in the case of a pandemic, no matter what the virus is.
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By the time we get to May, people will have experience with this and they'll have a much deeper understanding and those polls will have changed.
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The federal government will ensure that Texas will be reimbursed,
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The market will become simplified because consumers want that.
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Every senior will be able to get an affordable plan that will provide peace of mind.
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A major part of our domestic plan needs to be domestic capacity, because in a pandemic, the emergency will be managed across the globe, ... Anyone with a supply produced in their country will want to keep it there.
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With or without Oprah, it will still need to be a good show. But her endorsement is a very big deal.
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There is no reason for anyone to delay or go without their annual flu shot,
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We have learned in the past weeks that bad things can happen very fast.