The potential for infecting large numbers of people is great,

The water is full of sewage, ... cooperate with the evacuation effort and leave.

The best protection against the mumps is the vaccine. We have seen that work successfully in the past. So we hope that will be successful this time.

The biggest challenge of all is going to be maintaining the chronic-care services to the people who had them before the hurricane ever hit,

the big picture this year, unlike last year, is that there are plenty of doses and plenty of time for people to get vaccinated.

It's a problem that is having an unusually high human toll this year,

It is too early to tell if it's SARS. Anyone with pneumonia and a travel history is going to be under investigation. ... If you've not gone there, don't be concerned about it at this point.

It's a fine line between outbreak or epidemic,

It's a vulnerable population, and the last thing they need to deal with in the context of all the other difficulties is a flu outbreak.

It's at best embarrassing and at worst tragic that less than 50% of healthcare workers get vaccinated annually,