Pandemic Quotes
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We're just amazed at the reaction of people when they hear about the Korean study. They're scared of this pandemic, so they're looking for anything to potentially protect themselves.
Chris Smith -
Buying time will allow us to fast-track pandemic vaccine production. It will allow governments to put in place a host of emergency public health measures that will reduce mortality and morbidity, and social and economic disruption.
Margaret Chan
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Time is of the essence. We must act now if we are to have the maximum possible opportunity to contain a pandemic.
Margaret Chan -
The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the world is, it would spread faster.
Bill Gates -
We're trying to stretch the supply of vaccine, but to be perfectly honest, if a pandemic occurs tomorrow, we can cover 4 million people.
William Hall -
We have a window of opportunity to prevent a pandemic or at least delay the spread of a pandemic.
Margaret Chan -
All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans. Countries should remain on high alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe pneumonia.
Margaret Chan -
After all it really is all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic.
Margaret Chan
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Influenza pandemics must be taken seriously, precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world.
Margaret Chan -
A human influenza pandemic will be a big problem. But by working together we can respond effectively.
Margaret Chan -
We are not in a pandemic situation. It is still an animal disease.
Margaret Chan -
We must understand that when one country is not safe, the world is not safe. Pandemic influenza, by nature, will go around the world, so it is important for us to work as an international community to get a better handle on the issue.
Margaret Chan -
Based on assessment of all available information and following several expert consultations, I have decided to raise the current level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 4 to phase 5.
Margaret Chan -
Until we see further evidence, we are still at Phase 3 of the pandemic alert.
Margaret Chan
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Pandemic influenza is by nature an international issue; it requires an international solution.
Margaret Chan -
My argument is, whatever resources you put in place, compared to the possible economic loss in the event of a pandemic, is peanuts.
Margaret Chan -
It is meant as a fire blanket to contain damage if we receive signals and evidence from the ground that we are moving into the beginning of a pandemic.
Margaret Chan -
Avian and pandemic influenza are posing a greater challenge to the world than any previous emerging infectious diseases.
Margaret Chan -
For a pandemic of moderate severity, this is one of our greatest challenges: helping people to understand when they do not need to worry, and when they do need to seek urgent care.
Margaret Chan -
For the first time in human history, we have a chance to prepare ourselves for a pandemic before it arrives, ... It is incumbent upon the global community to act now.
Margaret Chan
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When the pandemic hit, it’s no wonder that the greatest social problem manifested itself in the country with the most fragile social infrastructure.
Nomi Prins -
When you say that after World War I there was a pandemic that killed more people than the war itself, most will say: "Wait, are you kidding? I know World War I, but there was no World War 1.5, was there?" But people were traveling around after the war, and that meant the force of infection was much higher. And the problem is that the rate of travel back then was dramatically less than what we have nowadays.
Bill Gates -
Pandemic, Pangaea, Panacea, Panoply. Those were all big words, to be sure, but as has been said, September read often, and liked it best when words did not pretend to be simple, but put on their full armor and rode out with colors flying.
Catherynne M. Valente -
Chucky become a pandemic part of pop culture, definitely.
David Kirschner