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From the Opening Statement of Stephanie Murphy: [U]nfortunately, the U S now holds the inglorious position of having the most confirmed cases of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] than any other country Ans we have more confirmed deaths than any other country [ ] [I]t\'s been a crisis that has been both a health crisis as well as an economic crisis And I think the American people deserve to know the full truth about why out country appears to have been caught so odd-guard [ ] I was working on pandemics in -- at the Department of Defense back in 2005, when we were looking at potentially having the avian flu spread here [ ] Congress passed in 2006 the pandemic preparedness bill The Department of Homeland Security wrote a strategy for how to prepare for pandemics And yet, somehow these efforts didn\'t manage to really catch the attention of leaders or convince them to put substantial and sustained resources into securing this country against pandemics [ ] [W]e know that when we examine crises we can get good recommendations and ways forward to make sure that we protect our country and not find ourselves caught so flat-footed the next time This transcript features statements from the following: Stephanie Murphy, John Katko, Julie Louise Gerberding, Suerie Moon, Christine Wormuth, Kathleen H Hicks, and J Stephen Morrison Coronaviruses;COVID-19 (Disease);Epidemics;Disasters--Management
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