"I worry that we are undermining confidence generally in our public health system."
"I was surprised, 22 million illnesses, 98,000 hospitalizations, more than 3,900 deaths, including, as we said, about 540 children."
"I want to thank the three of you for your testimony this morning and go back to the beginning and thank you for the work that you have done since this H1N1 virus appeared and broke out in April of thi..."
"Thanks, Senator Kirk."
"Thank you very much, Secretary Duncan. Very helpful information."
"I think this is a case really where it would have been better to have a national answer..."
"I leave here reassured by our state of preparedness, not with any superior knowledge about what path the influenza will take."
"the vaccines are working, of course."
"Physicians treating critically ill patients with H1N1 influenza will soon have access to new antiviral drugs supported by HHS/BARDA and administered intravenously under a CDC-sponsored Emergency Use A..."
"Another way it has been helpful to have people on site...is to have representatives from State and local health departments..."
"I want to express my concern that hospitals and Public Health Departments do not have the capacity to care for the surge of people who may need hospitalization as a result of the spread of the virus."