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Transcript: H1N1 AND PAID SICK DAYS:CHRISTOPHER DODD
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- Congressional Testimony
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- November 10, 2009
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Congressional Testimony
11-10-2009
Statement of Christopher Dodd Senator United States Senate Committee on
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and
Families November 10, 2009 We meet in the midst of an American emergency.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, H1N1 flu has reached to 48
states, and infected as many as 5.7 million Americans. Overall, 672 Americans
have died, including at least 129 children. In my state of Connecticut
and across the country, families are anxious about this pandemic and frustrated
that vaccines remain unavailable, even to pregnant women, schoolchildren,
and the elderly. For those at greater risk, H1N1 represents a serious ...