Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-04-07-Speech-1-051"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-04-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030407.4.1-051"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-04-07-Speech-1-0522
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, for the past few weeks it has seemed as if we were succumbing to a completely new threat that can be compared with other unpredictable new illnesses like AIDS, Ebola and legionnaire’s disease. However, we have been able to prepare ourselves. Since the flu epidemic in 1918, which claimed an unprecedentedly large number of lives in Europe, we have known that the composition of the flu virus can constantly change. Preventative vaccination against flu only protects against known and expected forms of flu and not against deviant, new forms. Many epidemics have traditionally developed in central China and then gradually spread across Eurasia towards the West. The only new thing now is that it is not spreading gradually by land but rapidly via air travel from Hong Kong and Singapore. A few years ago, a flu virus of unknown composition threatened to spread from Hong Kong all over the world. Even then it was assumed that the composition of the virus was partly influenced by a bird disease. What we were able to avert in time then is happening today. People who may be at risk of contracting this disease are not being examined and isolated in time, and travel to the sources of the infection has continued for too long. It would probably not have been possible to prevent this virus from developing, and it would probably not have been possible to prevent it spreading within China to begin with. The fact that cases have been discovered not only in Asia but also in Europe and Canada, however, has everything to do with a policy that is too and too tolerant. Business interests that result in intensive contact with East Asia must be subordinated to the combating and containment of this disease. I would like to ask the Commission to consult with the Member States on restricting air travel and imposing strict quarantine regulations on those entering Europe from infected areas."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"laissez faire"1

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