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President George W. Bush arrives at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md., to deliver his remarks regarding his National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005. "Three years ago, the world had a preview of the disruption an influenza pandemic can cause, when a previously unknown virus called SARS appeared in rural China," said the President. "When an infected doctor carried the virus out of China, it spread to Vietnam and Singapore and Canada within a month. Before long, the SARS virus had spread to nearly 30 countries on six continents. It infected more than 8,000 people and killed nearly 800." White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush arrives at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md., to deliver his remarks regarding his National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005. "Three years ago, the world had a preview of the disruption an influenza pandemic can cause, when a previously unknown virus called SARS appeared in rural China," said the President. "When an infected doctor carried the virus out of China, it spread to Vietnam and Singapore and Canada within a month. Before long, the SARS virus had spread to nearly 30 countries on six continents. It infected more than 8,000 people and killed nearly 800." White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush sits with Donald Powell, Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., in the Oval Office Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005. The President selected Mr. Powell to be the coordinator of federal support for the Gulf Coast's recovery and rebuilding. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
President George W. Bush arrives at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md., to deliver his remarks regarding his National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005. "Three years ago, the world had a preview of the disruption an influenza pandemic can cause, when a previously unknown virus called SARS appeared in rural China," said the President. "When an infected doctor carried the virus out of China, it spread to Vietnam and Singapore and Canada within a month. Before long, the SARS virus had spread to nearly 30 countries on six continents. It infected more than 8,000 people and killed nearly 800." White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush delivers his remarks regarding his National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005. "Today, I am announcing key elements of that strategy. Our strategy is designed to meet three critical goals: First, we must detect outbreaks that occur anywhere in the world; second, we must protect the American people by stockpiling vaccines and antiviral drugs, and improve our ability to rapidly produce new vaccines against a pandemic strain; and, third, we must be ready to respond at the federal, state and local levels in the event that a pandemic reaches our shores," said President Bush. White House photo by Paul Morse
President George W. Bush delivers his remarks regarding his National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005. "At this point, we do not have evidence that a pandemic is imminent. Most of the people in Southeast Asia who got sick were handling infected birds," said President Bush. "And while the avian flu virus has spread from Asia to Europe, there are no reports of infected birds, animals, or people in the United States. Even if the virus does eventually appear on our shores in birds, that does not mean people in our country will be infected. Avian flu is still primarily an animal disease. And as of now, unless people come into direct, sustained contact with infected birds, it is unlikely they will come down with avian flu." White House photo by Paul Morse
 
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