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Mike Quigley: We should be able to react to public health emergencies like they are disasters.

On the recordApril 4, 2017
We should be able to react to public health emergencies like they are disasters.
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Mike Quigley
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Arguing for treating health emergencies with the same urgency as natural disasters.

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