I have serious concerns over this bill that you are planning to fast track. It represents a clear violation of privacy rights for Virginia residents. I don't understand why you need to be this aggressive about influenza? Are you truly worried about this or is the pharmaceutical industry influencing lawmakers using fear and misinformation. 

There is no scientific or legal justification provided for these proposed amendments that would allow state officials to electronically gather personal data and share it with federal officials and other entities, in violation of the constitutional right to privacy just because a Virginia citizen contacts a doctor with symptoms of an influenza-like-illness.