President Bush's $7.1 billion plan for preparing the nation for a flu pandemic reproduces "the same fundamental flaw" that led to the neglectful federal response to Hurricane Katrina, Sandra Gadson, M.D., president of the National Medical Association.
"A key misstep in the President's proposed strategy," said Dr. Gadson, "is its failure to take into account the higher vulnerability of minority communities to public health crises and well-documented racial and ethnic barriers to healthcare and public health services, including influenza vaccinations."
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