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Professor of Public Health and Political Analysis Robert J. Blendon said that the preventive measures the public is prepared to take during an outbreak of the avian flu could cause an economic crisis within the United States...
...were taken aback by their problems with getting out,” said Robert J. Blendon, a professor of health policy and management and director of the Harvard Program on Public Opinion and Health and Social Policy. “More than 10 percent of these people slept outside for a day. More than half were trapped for three days...
...found it most surprising that there was so little help in the evacuation effort from the state and local government,” Blendon said. “Most people replied that they received their help from the National Guard or the Coast Guard. If you were writing about 9/11, you’d be writing about the local fire and police departments, but they fell apart in New Orleans...
...There’s incredible anger against the President [Bush]. Just after Katrina hit, the national polls showed that his approval ratings dropped below 50 percent, but among these people, it’s at 15 percent,” said Blendon. “They really felt that the President had let them down...
...This particular survey was conducted in person, and on very short emergency notice,” said Blendon...