Michael Leavitt
Michael Leavitt
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This is much more than a public health issue and it's not just an issue for those who have poultry flocks. People have to eat and therefore businesses need to ask themselves the question - how would we continue to operate, to serve our customers and the public in general, if 40% of our workforce couldn't go to work for two to four weeks. Any community that fails to prepare with the expectation that the federal government will at the last moment be able to come to the rescue will be tragically wrong.
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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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We could be battling 5,000 different fronts at the same moment,
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Every senior will be able to get an affordable plan that will provide peace of mind.
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There is no reason for anyone to delay or go without their annual flu shot,
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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,
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Our preparations are not yet complete nor are they adequate,
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I think it's evident it's in the thousands.
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We believe that ... federal resources should be targeted to meeting the needs of those harmed by Hurricane Katrina,
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Three times in this century we have experienced pandemic influenza and they will come again. We must be ready,
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We have learned in the past weeks that bad things can happen very fast.
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Their economies, already poor and struggling to recover from the recession, will be unable to support the regular matching payments needed to provide health care to the tens of thousands who will need it over the coming months,
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The federal government will ensure that Texas will be reimbursed,
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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.