State and Local Officials Conference Call with Michael T. Osterholm

State and Local Officials Conference Call with Michael T. Osterholm

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Listen to Michael T. Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, and author of the recent Foreign Affairs article, "Unprepared for a Pandemic", discuss the current threat of the pandemic flu as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Conference Call Series.

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