A reporters question during White House Press Conference on Pandemic Preparedness: I was just wondering in the different areas that you work in whether or not you're seeing any preparedness fatigue, given that we're two years into it and will probably go -- continue for a few more years before anything probably happens. But just wondering if you've seen any preparedness fatigue, and if you haven't, what are your thoughts about how you should deal with it, once it starts surfacing in years to come? Answer from Dr. Jeff Runge, DHS Chief Medical Officer: I appreciate you pointing this out you know, we need to reach a battle rhythm of a state of preparedness that is higher than it was before the President made this a priority, and the absence of any hyperventilation but more as a marathon. (White House, Press Briefing on National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan: One Year Summary, July 17, 2007)