Unfortunately, a universal vaccine will not be ready soon enough to combat a possible pandemic from the new strain of swine flu that has already sickened thousands of people.

遗憾的是，通用流感疫苗不能及时研制成功来抑制可能的流感大流行，而新的猪流感病毒已经使数千人患病。

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"The current situation means we're accepting the risk that combat airpower may not be ready to respond immediately to new contingencies as they occur, " Hostage said in a statement.

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