Jeffrey Levi Quotations

We need to make sure that in the federal government we have clear leadership.

Half of America's workers have no sick leave.

We are going to need some serious money for us to implement a really good plan for us to be prepared.

It appears that this is the only effective intervention we have once someone has been infected. It's the one treatment. The problem is that we don't have enough of it.

We need more than just a plan; we need the resources to actually activate it. The real test of the plan will be whether it comes with dollars attached.

Where you live should not determine how well protected you are from a bird flu or any kind of pandemic.

We're way behind. The United States cannot come close to that 25% level. For us, that would be at least 75 million treatments. We have to hope that the pandemic doesn't strike before we've ordered enough and received enough that it will provide some kind of protection.

We recognize the need for liability protections to get the industry into the game, but we're uncomfortable with the breadth of the liability protections and the fact that they are not balanced by an appropriately strong compensation program.

We should not be talking about the reusability of masks or other devices until we know whether they actually work to begin with.

This should be read as something of a wake-up call to health departments.

It's a depressing situation. We are way, way behind.