Michael Leavitt
Michael Leavitt
hurricane katrina learned lesson thinking
The big lesson I learned from Hurricane Katrina is that we have to be thinking about the unthinkable, ... because sometimes the unthinkable happens.
behalf burning human question
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.
diseases infectious large occur people
All of the infectious diseases that occur when people are in large congregations of people can spread,
obviously potential prepared unprepared
The world is obviously unprepared or inadequately prepared for the potential of a pandemic,
evident
I think it's evident it's in the thousands.
battling
We could be battling 5,000 different fronts at the same moment,
century pandemic three
Three times in this century we have experienced pandemic influenza and they will come again. We must be ready,
believe federal hurricane meeting needs resources targeted
We believe that ... federal resources should be targeted to meeting the needs of those harmed by Hurricane Katrina,
believe common problem today work
We are here today to work on a common problem, a problem that I believe that if we work on together, we can make progress,