Irwin Redlener Quotes

There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb.

The risks are far greater to your child of not getting immunized than any kind of speculative potential relationship between the vaccine and the development of autism.

If we ensure access to health care and 'best practice' asthma treatment for children, especially those at high risk, there is the potential to save the health care system billions of dollars.

The larger the disaster, the more necessary it is to have the government as the principal driver of recovery.

Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.

There has been a transition from a nuclear-annihilation scenario to an isolated-terrorist-nuclear-bomb scenario. But we're still locked into a mind-set that nuclear war would be so overwhelming that any kind of preparedness would be futile.

Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor.

There isn't a single American city, in my estimation, that has sufficient plans for a nuclear terrorist event.

Hospitals are about healing.

Americans do not have a good track record when it comes to preparing for disasters, unless they see a clear possibility of personally being in harms way.

Medicaid and the Child Health Insurance Program are the two most important safety net programs for children.

Having insurance doesn't guarantee good health outcomes, but it is a critical factor.

No organization should be allowed near disaster unless they are willing to cooperate with some level of established leadership.

From a population point of view, it's actually very important that as few people as possible get the flu. People getting the flu is not a private matter. The risk for healthy people is really about your friends and neighbors and fellow travelers.

Very large scale disasters, especially those that have occurred in the developing world, have very long recovery periods.

When children are hungry, sleepy from a night spent fighting untreated asthma, or hobbled by symptoms of undiagnosed illnesses, they are less likely to do well in school.

Immigrant children are highly vulnerable. Their level of disadvantage and fragility has consistently grown due to factors outside their control.

Many low-income children face chronic stress from nutritional deprivation or persistent violence at home or in the community. By addressing their medical, emotional and developmental needs through a comprehensive clinical care model, we can lower their risk of developing long-term physical and mental health issues.

Poverty-fighting programs are not handouts - they are investments.

President Obama was deeply and clearly affected by the Sandy Hook disaster.

The best way to get a sense of what kinds of emergencies might present themselves in your community is by contacting local chapters of the American Red Cross or offices of emergency management in the region or state. Most large cities will have their own offices of emergency management.

Every school should have well-rehearsed emergency response protocols covering a variety of possible scenarios, from fire to armed intruders. Schools should have good lines of communications with local emergency response officials and practice those relationships in drills and special exercises.