After two or three cases, we will switch into response. We would have an increasing number of sick people, but only the sickest could come to the hospital.

We don't have a date yet for Lee County, but I'm thinking it will probably be before hurricane season beats us too much.

We don't have an answer yet. You have to balance the risks. The answer will depend on how bad the hurricane is, which direction it's heading and how virulent the flu strain is.

We have no protection against it and that is the beginning of a pandemic. We don't know what the next pandemic will be like or where it will start. It will be much more than a health event. It will cripple our economy.

It's like when there is a tropical depression off the Leeward Islands. We need to pay attention. A disaster could be coming our way.

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