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Tommy Thompson: “When I came in as Secretary of Health and Human Services, we…”

Featuring: Tommy Thompson, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Exclusive: Tommy Thompson on coronavirus outbreak, response

Published | Video Starts at 00:56

Terry, maybe go ahead with the. In 2005, you sounded the alarm and asked Congress for more money to plan for a pandemic. I did. How did we do? We did terribly. And When I came in as Secretary of Health and Human Services, we were not prepared [for pandemics]. And I ended up with 9, 11, with SARS, with monkeypox, with H1N1, and several other major things. And I said. (00:56–01:02)

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Asserts that the U.S. was unprepared for pandemics when he became Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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