We don't know what's happening, so we can't prepare..

[sarettah]

Or at least that's the way I read this GW quote:

"Because a pandemic can strike at any time, we can't waste time in preparing."

But then he goes on to say that he is gonna spend 7 billion on it anyway, even though we can't prepare......

So, to meet all our goals, I'm requesting a total of US$7.1 billion ($A9.5 billion) in emergency funding from the United States Congress," he said.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=70002