Tom Frieden Quotes
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I could not possibly overstate the need for an urgent response.
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It is the world's first Ebola epidemic, and it's spiraling out of control. It's bad now, and it's going to get worse in the very near future. There is still a window of opportunity to tamp it down, but that window is closing. We really have to act now.
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Unfortunately, it is possible in the coming days that we will see additional cases of Ebola.
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It is certainly possible that someone who has had contact with this patient could develop Ebola, but there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here.
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Your longevity and health are more determined by your ZIP code than they are by your genetic code.
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Where you live in the United States shouldn't determine how long and how healthy you live - but it does, far more than it should.
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The level of outbreak is beyond anything we’ve seen - or even imagined.
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The bottom line here is that I have no doubt that we will control this importation or this case of Ebola so that it does not spread widely throughout this country. There's no doubt in my mind, we will stop it here.