The problem with a pandemic is, anything you say before it sounds alarmist. There is a dilemma here. Pandemics happen. They don't happen frequently enough that we live in fear day to day, but they do happen.

To believe or not to believe, is a problem. To leave or to conceive is another problem. To ascertain and to achieve is to solve the problem.

Humor is the one great counter to trouble, as well as its child.

What's the probability of (a pandemic) happening again during the next decade? We don't know, but the warning signs are clearly troubling ? so troubling that no nation on Earth can afford to ignore this,

We did take a step forward in the process, ... Sometimes action isn't always yes and no. Sometimes it requires additional thought.

A pandemic is unique among disasters. It could happen in 5,000 different communities around the world at the same time, and no central place can manage all of those difficulties, and so local communities need to be ready, and part of the president's plan is to assure that they are,