Michael Leavitt
Michael Leavitt
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,
across anyone country domestic emergency major needs plan produced supply
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.
complete nor
Our preparations are not yet complete nor are they adequate,
good
With or without Oprah, it will still need to be a good show. But her endorsement is a very big deal.
bad happen learned past weeks
We have learned in the past weeks that bad things can happen very fast.
century pandemic three
Three times in this century we have experienced pandemic influenza and they will come again. We must be ready,
battling
We could be battling 5,000 different fronts at the same moment,
affordable peace plan provide senior
Every senior will be able to get an affordable plan that will provide peace of mind.
annual anyone delay flu reason
There is no reason for anyone to delay or go without their annual flu shot,
capacity case matter vaccine virus
is the capacity for every American to have a vaccine in the case of a pandemic, no matter what the virus is.
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.
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,
deeper experience people polls time understanding
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.
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.