But you don't. I mean, when you have massive layoffs, you want to make sure you're not laying off the people that are doing the essential work. You know, I flew back From Denver to D.C. last Tuesday, a week ago, and was on the plane with a guy who'd worked for the Department of Agriculture for 34 years. And he was the one who told me that he just laid off 21 people, and four or five of them were working in the Ames Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, on avian flu. They're the ones who are doing all the assessments and looking at all the different strains. And is it getting into cattle? Is it getting into people? (06:31–06:50)
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Asserts that 21 people were laid off from the Department of Agriculture, including those working on avian flu.
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