Public Health Response to Swine Flu

Apr 28, 2009

U.S. Senate | Appropriations

The Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing to examine public health response to swine flu.
The Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing to examine public health response to swine flu.

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00:00:06 Unidentified Speaker NOW, A SENATE HEARING ON THE RECENT OUTBREAK OF SWINE FLU. AT LEAST 64 CASES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED...
00:00:49 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE RECENT OUTBREAK OF THE SO CALLED SWINE FLU IN THIS COUNTRY AND AROUND VARIOUS...
00:07:50 Hutchison, Kay BaileyU.S. Senator THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. I AM VERY PLEASED YOU HAVE CALLED THIS HEARING. IN MY HOME STATE...
00:09:03 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator I WILL TRY TO HONOR THAT. WE'RE HEARING FROM FOUR EXPERTS TODAY. WHEN IS THE INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR...
00:11:05 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED, AND WE ARE CONCERNED. IT IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION. IT IS A SERIOUS SITUATION....
00:13:39 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator IN YOUR JUDGMENT, YOU THINK THIS VIRUS WILL SPREAD MORE IN THE UNITED STATES?
00:13:46 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director I DO EXPECT MORE CASES, AND I EXPECT MORE STATES TO BE AFFECTED. I THINK WE CAN'T ASSUME THAT WE ...
00:14:47 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator TW WILL FOLLOW UP -- TWO FOLLOW UPS. IF PEOPLE PURCHASED A PLANE TICKET AND PLEDGED TO THE MEXICO...
00:15:00 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director THE CDC ISSUED A TRAVEL ADVISORY ASKING PEOPLE TO DEFER NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO MEXICO. WE THINK THAT...
00:15:35 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator ANOTHER MEDICAL QUESTION. THIS IS THE HEIGHT OF THE ALLERGY SEASON. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SNEEZING....
00:16:11 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS ARE VERY COMMON FOR BOTH ALLERGIES AND A NUMBER OF INFECTIOUS AGENTS. MOST RESPIRATORY...
00:17:11 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDICATIONS, A HIGH FEVER OR SOMETHING TO GO ALONG BEFORE YOU MIGHT HAVE AN INDICATION...
00:17:22 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR ANY OF US INDIVIDUALLY TINTO IF THE SYMPTOMS WE'RE HAVING OUR SWINE FLU OR SOMETHING...
00:17:42 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ALONG THE LINES OF GETTING THE ANTIVIRAL OUT AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT SENATOR...
00:17:54 Hutchison, Kay BaileyU.S. Senator THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MY CONCERN IS, I THINK OF ALL AS A LOT OF -- I THINK I'VE ANSWERED A LOT OF...
00:19:22 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director I FIRST WANT TO SAY THAT IS A REALLY DIFFICULT -- DIFFICULT TIME IN TEXAS THAT SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED...
00:20:47 Hutchison, Kay BaileyU.S. Senator YOU ARE SAYING THAT WE SHOULD NOT TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM COMING IN WITH THE DISEASE,...
00:21:01 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director I THINK IT IS SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PLANNING TRIPS TO MEXICO TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE ADVISED THEM...
00:21:21 Hutchison, Kay BaileyU.S. Senator WE CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT TO INTERFERE WITH COMERS TO ANY GREAT EXTENT, GREATER THAN NECESSARY. WOULDN'T...
00:21:56 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director IS NOT REALLY QUESTION OF TOO MUCH, IT IS REALLY A QUESTION OF WHERE WE THINK OUR EFFORTS CAN HAVE...
00:22:28 Hutchison, Kay BaileyU.S. Senator I AM NOT FOLLOWING THIS, I DO NOT THINK. IT SEEMS LIKE AN EARLY DETECTION THAT IS RELATIVELY -- I...
00:23:13 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director THE INFORMATION ABOUT TEMPERATURE SCREENING IS NOT VERY ROBUST IN TERMS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS. DURING...
00:24:02 Hutchison, Kay BaileyU.S. Senator ANY OTHER OPINIONS ON THE PANEL?
00:24:08 Jarris, PaulExecutive Director IF SOMEBODY APPEARS TO BE ILL, THEY GO THROUGH FURTHER QUESTIONING TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE ILL. THERE...
00:24:48 Hutchison, Kay BaileyU.S. Senator I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE SAID IS RELEVANT. THE TIME. WHERE IT WOULD SHOW, FROM THE TIME WHERE YOU ARE...
00:25:13 Jarris, PaulExecutive Director I BELIEVE IT IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 24 HOURS AND UP TO FIVE DAYS ON THE LATE SIDE. . . NO CARRIERRINGCONNECT...
00:26:04 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director I WOULD AGREE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS UNDERGONE A LOT OF DISCUSSION, AND THE DECISION BY THE C.D.C....
00:26:16 Hutchison, Kay BaileyU.S. Senator AND THE TEMPERATURE IS NOT A RELATIVE PRECURSOR?
00:26:18 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director I COULDN'T SAY IT'S NOT RELATIVE. IT CAN BE. IT'S IMPRECISE, THERE ARE A LOT OF SITUATIONS THAT WE...
00:26:45 Hutchison, Kay BaileyU.S. Senator MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
00:26:48 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THANK YOU, OBVIOUSLY TEXAS IS ON THE FIRING LINE. I ASKED ABOUT THE PLAYING FIELD, BUT YOU ARE RIGHT....
00:27:00 Hutchison, Kay BaileyU.S. Senator YES OUR SOUTHWESTERN BORDER WITH MEXICO. PEOPLE COMING IN EVERYDAY, AND IF THEY SHOW SYMPTOMS OF BEING...
00:27:21 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. RIGHT NOW.
00:27:24 Hutchison, Kay BaileyU.S. Senator THAT'S WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE TELLING US, I HOPE WE ARE MONITORING THIS CLOSELY.
00:27:31 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator I ASSUME THAT C.D.C. IS AT ALL THE BORDER POINTS, IS THAT CORRECT?
00:27:40 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director WE HAVE REINFORCED THE QUARANTINE PRESENCE, WHAT WE DO IS TRAINING OF THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTIONS....
00:28:19 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THANK YOU SENATOR. NOW I WOULD LIKE IF I COULD SHIFT A LITTLE TO YOU, DR. FOUCHY. AND LET'S GO BACK,...
00:28:46 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director FIRST I WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING IN YOUR OPENING STATEMENT, AND TO THANK YOU AND THE COMMITTEE...
00:33:10 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator DR., IN MY STATEMENT I HAVE REFERRED TO AS THE SWINE FLU, AND PLEASE INSTRUCT ME, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY...
00:33:24 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director IF YOU LOOK AT A VIRUS, THERE ARE MULTIPLE GENETIC MAKE-UPS THAT FORM THE CORE. SO VIRUSES HAVE IT...
00:34:35 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator SO I HAVE HEARD THAT THE CORRECT TERM MAY BE NORTH AMERICAN VIRUS.
00:34:42 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director I WOULDN'T WANT TO GO THERE, SENATOR.
00:34:49 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator STARTED IN NORTH AMERICA.
00:34:53 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director BUT WE WOULDN'T CALL IT THAT.
00:35:00 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator WHY CALLED AVIAN AND NOT ONE OF SWINE?
00:35:04 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director WE HAVE RARELY SEEN THIS INFECT HUMANS, WE HAVE THAT TAXOMATIC, AND WHEN IT HAS A PIG GENE YOU CALL...
00:35:26 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THIS IS ALL INSTRUCTIVE, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, I THINK THEY ARE CONCERNED HOW SOON WE CAN GET A VACCINE....
00:35:36 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director YES, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
00:35:38 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE NAME, BUT A VACCINE?
00:35:43 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director NOW IT'S MOVING RAPIDLY, AND THE PREPAREDNESS THAT YOU MENTIONED OF INVOLVED IN INVESTMENTS OF THE...
00:37:35 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION, THE FLU SEASON COMING UP NEXT YEAR. SO WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT AND I THINK...
00:38:04 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director RIGHT, WHEN WE GET IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, IT'S PART OF A PLAN DRAWN UP YEARS AGO, THAT YOU GET...
00:38:40 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY, IT SEEMS THAT THE VIRUS, EXCEPT IN MEXICO WE HAVE HAD DEATHS BUT NOT IN...
00:38:51 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, AND AS DR. SCHUCHAT MENTIONED, I WILL LET HER EXPLAIN.
00:39:00 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director I THINK IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN MEXICO, FOR...
00:39:45 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director WHAT WE CALL "N", THE NUMBER OF CASES IN MEXICO IS LARGER THAN THE NUMBER OF CASES IN THE UNITED STATES....
00:40:13 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator BUT WHAT I TAKE WHAT YOU SAID, WE SHOULD BE AGGRESSIVE IN PURSUING THE DEVELOPMENT OF
00:40:19 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director YES.
00:40:21 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator AND WE SHOULD DO THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO GET AS MANY DOSES READY FOR THE NEXT FLU SEASON?
00:40:32 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director THAT PROCESS IS GOING ON NOW, AND THIS IS BEING DISCUSSED AS WE MOVE ALONG, WHETHER YOU WILL GET A...
00:41:01 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator AGAIN, WE NEED FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU AND C.D.C. AND HEALTH SERVICES TO FIND OUT HOW MANY RESOURCES...
00:41:38 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT THE VIRUSES WE HAVE ISOLATED FROM THE SWINE FLU THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE FLUES...
00:42:38 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator OF THAT MONEY, AS I SPOKE AT LOOKED AT MY DATA, IT LOOKS LIKE 350 MILLION, NOW THAT'S ROUGH. ABOUT...
00:43:19 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director MASKS AND RESPIRATORS THAT ARE A BETTER MASK FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND GOWNS.
00:43:26 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator AND SO THOSE ARE GOING TO THE STATES.
00:43:28 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director RIGHT.
00:43:29 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator SO TELL ME DO THE STATES HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF GETTING THAT OUT RAPIDLY?
00:43:40 Jarris, PaulExecutive Director YES, SENATOR THANK YOU LET ME START BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM IN 2006 YOU PUT FORTH THIS...
00:45:23 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT THE STATE BUDGET IS COMPARED AND ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THIS? HAVE YOU SEEN...
00:45:33 Jarris, PaulExecutive Director YES, WE CLEARLY HAVE. AND YES WE ARE CONCERNED. WE HAVE SEEN AT THE STATE AND PUBLIC HEALTH LEVEL...
00:46:27 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator WITH ALL THE LAYOFFS AND CUT-BACKS, HOW CAN YOU ASSURE ME THAT THE STATES ARE READY TO GET THIS OUT...
00:46:40 Jarris, PaulExecutive Director I WILL ASSURE THAT WE WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE AND WE HAVE A DEDICATED WORKFORCE. BUT YOU ARE CORRECT...
00:47:07 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator DR. JARRIS, THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HEALTH CARE REFORM, BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW MAKES IT CRYSTAL...
00:47:49 Jarris, PaulExecutive Director AND I THANK YOU FOR STATING THAT, AND IT'S TRUE, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A FIRE IN A WEEK, WE DON'T SHUT...
00:48:11 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator AND THAT'S WHY I AM STATE EMPHATICALLY THAT I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATES. AND I KNOW THEY...
00:48:36 Jarris, PaulExecutive Director AND FOR THAT REASON I URGE YOU AS YOU LOOK AT THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION, THAT THERE ARE TWO TYPES...
00:49:33 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator YOU WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT IS REQUIRED IN THAT SUPPLEMENTAL. AS I SAID I INTEND...
00:49:48 Jarris, PaulExecutive Director THE 870 WOULD NOT ASSISTS STATES.
00:49:51 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator YES, THAT'S ONLY INTENDED FOR THE VACCINE DEVELOPMENT AND GET THE LABORATORIES BUILT MORE RAPIDLY....
00:49:58 Jarris, PaulExecutive Director WE WOULD PROPOSE, AND THIS IS CONSERVATIVE. THE $600 MILLION YOU ACQUIRED IN THE PAST, THIS $600 MILLION...
00:51:45 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THAT BRINGS IT UP TO 31 MILLION.
00:51:50 Jarris, PaulExecutive Director THAT WOULD GET US TO, TOTAL IS 75 MILLION, THAT WAS THE GOAL OF THE STOCKPILING NATION AL.
00:52:00 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THE CURRENT PANDEMIC FOR STATES IS $31 MILLION AND SO FAR THEY HAVE PURCHASED $23 MILLION.
00:52:18 Jarris, PaulExecutive Director YES, SIR, SO THE MONEY FOR THE ANTIVIRALS AND PROTECTIVE GEAR.
00:52:25 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator WELL, WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN, WE HAVE SUPPLEMENTAL COMING UP, MUCH OF THAT WILL BE DEFENSE RELATED...
00:52:48 Jarris, PaulExecutive Director AND I THINK THAT HISTORY WOULD BEAR THAT OUT, OF 1918.
00:52:54 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator ABSOLUTELY. WHEN I COME BACK DOCTOR I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU INVOLVING C.D.C. AND DR. CLIFFORD,...
00:54:04 Specter, ArlenU.S. Senator THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, AND THANK YOU FOR CONVENING THIS IMPORTANT HEARING ON EMERGENCY BASIS. AND...
00:57:54 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator AGAIN, SENATOR SPECTER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP OVER THE YEARS. NOW RECOGNIZE...
00:58:03 Kohl, Herbert H.U.S. Senator THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, AND CARRY ON AND GET RESPONSE FROM QUERIES FROM THE SENATOR, WHAT IS THE LEVEL...
00:58:51 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director SENATOR COLE, THE SITUATION IS CONCERNING AND SO IS C.D.C. AND THE REST OF THE GOVERNMENT. IT'S A...
01:01:43 Kohl, Herbert H.U.S. Senator ISN'T IT TRUE THAT THIS SWINE FLU WILL BE WITH US SOME TIME. IT'S NOT GOING AWAY NEXT WEEK OR TWO...
01:01:53 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director WE MENTIONED THAT WE MAY SEE AN IMPROVEMENT, LIKE CASES GOING DOWN LIKE WITH SEASONAL FLU. BUT WE...
01:02:45 Clifford, JohnDeputy Administrator SENATOR COLE, YOU ASKED WHAT WE SHOULD TELL THE PUBLIC. AND AS DR. SCHUCHAT EXPLAINED ABOUT THIS...
01:03:55 Kohl, Herbert H.U.S. Senator THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO MAKE, AND DR. YOU ARE A HEAD OF ATHES.
01:04:03 Clifford, JohnDeputy Administrator I AM HEAD OF IT AND ITS SERVICES.
01:04:13 Kohl, Herbert H.U.S. Senator ATES AS YOU KNOW RESPONDS TO ELEMENTS THAT OCCUR IN ANIMALS AND LABELING ANY TRANSMISSION FROM HUMANS...
01:04:35 Clifford, JohnDeputy Administrator THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, WE ARE EVALUATING RESOURCE NEEDS AND AS WE EVALUATE THOSE, WE WILL BE...
01:06:24 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH SENATOR COLE. I WILL YIELD TO THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEE,...
01:06:39 Pryor, MarkU.S. Senator THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. IF I MAY...
01:07:07 Clifford, JohnDeputy Administrator THAT'S CORRECT, SIR.
01:07:13 Pryor, MarkU.S. Senator SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT USDA WILL CONTINUE TO TEST AND MONITOR OUR PORK POPULATION IN THIS COUNTRY?...
01:07:25 Clifford, JohnDeputy Administrator WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST PLAN FOR SWINE ILLNESS AND ISSUES. THAT'S MADE UP FROM THE PRIVATE VETERINARIANS...
01:08:10 Pryor, MarkU.S. Senator THANK YOU, THERE HAS BEEN SOME PRESS REPORTS ABOUT SOME OF OUR TRADING PARTNERS NERVOUS ABOUT ACCEPTING...
01:08:42 Clifford, JohnDeputy Administrator SENATOR, WE REACHED OUT VERY OVER THE WEEKEND WITH OUR TRADING PARTNERS TO ALL THE POST, TO OUR TRADING...
01:09:31 Pryor, MarkU.S. Senator HAVE OTHER NATIONS TAKEN THOSE STEPS?
01:09:33 Clifford, JohnDeputy Administrator YES, THEY HAVE.
01:09:36 Pryor, MarkU.S. Senator AND IS THERE ANY CHANCE THEY WILL LIFT THOSE SANCTIONS OR CHANGES SOON?
01:09:44 Clifford, JohnDeputy Administrator THE INVESTOR TRADE OFFICE IS WORKING VERY MUCH ON THIS PROCESS AND TRYING WORK TO RE-OPEN THOSE MARKETS....
01:09:53 Pryor, MarkU.S. Senator THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE C.D.C. WITNESS. MY STAFF PARTICIPATED ON A CONFERENCE CALL YESTERDAY, AND...
01:10:31 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director THERE HAVE BEEN STEPS TAKEN ALREADY TO PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL PRODUCTION OF A VACCINE. C.D.C.'SISOLATION...
01:12:49 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director THANK YOU AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE STEPS AND I TRIED TO ARTICULATE EARLY ON. THE FIRST THING YOU WANT...
01:14:04 Pryor, MarkU.S. Senator AND ONE THING THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO THIS COMMITTEES HEART, DO YOU NEED MORE MONEY TO DO THIS? ...
01:14:25 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director I WILL BEGIN.
01:14:28 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator IF I MIGHT. IS THE SENATOR ASKING DO WE NEED MORE RESOURCES TO ANSWER THIS SITUATION? OR TO DEVELOP...
01:16:51 Pryor, MarkU.S. Senator THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.
01:16:52 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THEM ON THE SPOT ON THAT. SO AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE REQUESTING...
01:17:38 Clifford, JohnDeputy Administrator AS WE KNOW OF, WE DON'T HAVE ONE PIG THAT HAS THIS VIRUS.
01:17:42 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator AND AS FAR AS WE KNOW NOT ONE IN MEXICO?
01:17:45 Clifford, JohnDeputy Administrator THAT'S CORRECT, I HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM MY COUNTERPART FROM MEXICO, THUS FAR THEY DON'T KNOW...
01:17:56 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator AND THAT'S WHY I AM SORRY THAT THIS TOOK ON THE CONNOTATION OF SWINE FLU. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED....
01:18:31 Clifford, JohnDeputy Administrator YES, SIR, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND THAT THE MEDIA WILL GET THAT STORY OUT THERE.
01:18:37 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator I HOPE SO, IT KIND OF TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSES TO THAT. I DON'T...
01:20:25 Schuchat, Anne M.D.Deputy Director THANK YOU, THE C.D. C. IS ONE OF FOUR NATIONAL REFERENCING LABORATORIES AROUND THE WORLD, AND WE RECEIVE...
01:25:40 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director AS THE CBC HAS DETERMINED,, WE ARE PROCEEDING ALONG AND RAPID WAY WITH THE KINDS OF INTERVENTIONS...
01:26:00 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator AS SENATOR SPECTER SAID EARLIER, WE PROVIDE IT WITH HIS GREAT HELP AND ASSISTANCE $10 BILLION IN THE...
01:27:22 Fauci, Anthony S. M.D.Director JUST ONE THING. I WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT I SAID BEFORE. THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT THIS COMMITTEE...
01:27:47 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THANK YOU. IVAN -- I RETURN THE COMPLIMENTS TO YOU AND THE CDC. IT HAS BEEN A JOINT EFFORT, AND I...
01:29:05 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator GOT IT. HOW PEOPLE SHOULD NOT PANIC ON THIS. THERE ARE THINGS PEOPLE SHOULD DO. THE CAREFUL ABOUT...

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