It's important for people to realize that the quick identification of this and quick action to correct the problem has been shown to be very effective.

But if (nursing homes) don't have vaccines by the end of the month, they will probably start making more fervent pleas.

We're continuously getting updates whenever there's an incident anywhere in the world. But this apparently was a little more than just an alert.

It's not just colds. It could be flu, or other respiratory kinds of illnesses.

I think there are certain winters when there is a lot of viral activity, and interrupting that cycle, and having kids not be in close proximity to one another has, in certain years, very definitely resulted in less illness.

This year it's more an issue of timing, not a shortage. We've heard from some physicians and nursing homes that are wondering and waiting because they ordered from Chiron.

There's sort of like the usual prevention messages but we feel that although this has been mentioned to some point, we really need to re-emphasize it. We're really at a point where we need to try to bring an end to this situation.