Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

I'm not expert in epidemics and I don't know if there are accepted stages in the acceleration of an epidemic.

There is a lot that can be done in this area, it seems to me.

I think there is enormous promise in those, particularly in ones that can burn through our existing nuclear waste.

I think the question, to use your words, should be thinking ahead and starting early, is really at the crux of this