"I take it that in a lot of cases of people with H1N1, they will get over it because their bodies ultimately reject it or it finishes its course and the body gets better again."
"22 million Americans have become ill with this virus; 98,000 people have needed hospitalization; and approximately, a little short of 4,000 people, including about 540 children, have passed away."
"So you will be the point of distribution for Waterbury to private providers; is that right?"
"I hope and I would guess that some of the response of the Vernon public school system was to the complaints that you registered last spring."
"I assume, incidentally, that if a student is sent home or a worker is sent home from a job because they got the symptoms of H1N1, they really should stay home."
"Thanks very much for that testimony, Madam Secretary."
"That is interesting."
"Every time we get ready to deal with something like H1N1, we also prepare ourselves to deal better with other kinds of public health or natural or unnatural disasters."
"But you will certainly be one of the points of distribution for people who come in and show that they are in one of the vulnerable or priority populations, and you will give them the vaccine right the..."
"Interesting. So what you will do then is to bring some nurses on----"
"I think there is a lot of reason for the American people to feel encouraged that the Federal Government is really there on this occasion protecting them."