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The speaker, who has served in 5 administrations, discusses the issue of pandemic preparedness. They emphasize that the coming administration will face challenges in dealing with infectious diseases, including both chronic diseases and surprise outbreaks. The speaker highlights the importance of learning from past experiences, such as HIV, and stresses the need for substantial resources, involvement of communities, cross-sector collaboration, and engagement of leaders and policymakers. They assert that infectious diseases are a perpetual challenge that will not go away, and confidently state that such challenges will be seen in the next few years.