Any community that fails to prepare — with the expectation that the federal government can or will offer a lifeline — will be tragically wrong.

We’ve got to be prepared on the local level.

The looming threat of a global influenza pandemic demands global, regional and national attention, and preparation and response to a pandemic is a shared responsibility.

It is so critical that on every level, every individual becomes prepared.

Nothing from my personal experiences with him would ever have led me to question his integrity, his morals, his honesty. He was always regarded as someone with real integrity and somebody with a keen moral...

We are overdue for the next pandemic. None of us, nobody, would have immunity.

It’s the state and local distribution plans that will define victory.

It will not be a cause for panic. It will not be a cause for people to stop hunting. It will not be a cause for people to stop eating poultry.