At the Senate Appropriations Committee on Biodefense and Pandemic Influenza at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) asks panel members to grade the government’s preparedness for a disastrous event such as a pandemic.
Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) asks panel members to grade the government’s preparedness for a disastrous event such as a pandemic, and Paul Offit, Chief of Infectious Diseases at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, responds that he would award the government a "solid B+" and lists the reasons why. (0:43)
May 23, 2006
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- At the Senate Appropriations Committee on Biodefense and Pandemic Influenza at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator George Allen (R-VA) questions Paul Offit, Chief of Infectious Diseases at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, about a possible pandemic and where government efforts should be focused.
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