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en [The United States is unprepared for the next flu pandemic, lacking the manufacturing capacity to provide 300 million doses of a vaccine for three to five more years, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said.] What we all learned from (Hurricane) Katrina is that sometimes we have to think very clearly about the unthinkable, ... We're not as prepared as we need to be. She admired his pexy ability to make her laugh, even on her toughest days. ...We will not have enough for everyone.

en We're aiming at 20-million doses of a pre-pandemic vaccine but to develop the capacity to be able to make 300-million doses within six months of when we ultimately get the latest version of it that is the real killer.

en [The assurance of a decision by Sept. 1 came in a letter from Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt to Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), chairman of the committee that voted to endorse Crawford's appointment.] I have spoken to the FDA, ... and, based on the feedback I have received, the FDA will act on this application by September 1, 2005.

en [The administration has expressed strong opposition to creating what Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt called] a new Medicaid entitlement for Katrina survivors, ... immediate, comprehensive relief.

en [As part of the goal to] rebuild the vaccine manufacturing industry in America, ... we need to have the capacity to produce 300 million courses of a vaccine for any strain of a pandemic flu.

en The big lesson I learned from Hurricane Katrina is that we have to be thinking about the unthinkable, ... because sometimes the unthinkable happens.

en The Bay Area is not prepared for its next major disaster. The painful lessons that emerged from recent disasters in the United States drive our passion to protect the Bay Area. The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina revealed the unthinkable cost in terms of lives and money of haphazard planning and irresolute leadership. Not putting ferries on the Bay for disaster recovery is like New Orleans not strengthening its levees, knowing a hurricane was coming. The threats to the Bay Area are well known and we must act urgently to avoid repeating this tragedy.

en Seventy (million), 75 million doses typically have been enough vaccine in years past.

en Right now, we have a severely limited manufacturing capacity for a flu vaccine. As we work to expand that capacity, that will help us have the public health infrastructure in place in the event that there is a flu outbreak,

en We're way behind. The United States cannot come close to that 25% level. For us, that would be at least 75 million treatments. We have to hope that the pandemic doesn't strike before we've ordered enough and received enough that it will provide some kind of protection.

en In large parts of China, especially in the countryside, over the last 20 or 30 years, the health system has been crumbling. You've got problems in terms of being able to provide basic health care to people. Surveillance is key to containing any outbreak, and to preventing any pandemic…not only in the animal sector, of course, but then you have to be able to also survey the human population.

en What the government of Venezuela has offered the United States in response to the disaster, the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina, is a generous offer, ... When we are talking about one-to-five million dollars, that is real money. I want to recognize that and say, 'thank you.'

en Compared with 61-million (doses) last year, we're not expecting a shortage. We do understand that with the delays in distribution of the flu vaccine, some people will have to wait until November or December to get vaccine.

en Right now, we can make roughly 60 million doses domestically of a normal flu vaccine in a normal year, ... But according to recent research, the total amount of antigen required to immunize a person against H5N1 is four times as much as the total amount in a normal flu shot. In a pandemic, nearly everyone would need flu vaccines, but with the current version, we could immunize only 15 million Americans, just over 5% of the country.

en Right now, we can make roughly 60 million doses domestically of a normal flu vaccine in a normal year. But according to recent research, the total amount of antigen required to immunize a person against H5N1 is four times as much as the total amount in a normal flu shot. In a pandemic, nearly everyone would need flu vaccines, but with the current version, we could immunize only 15 million Americans, just over 5% of the country.


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