In all, 86 per cent of the increased life expectancy was due to decreases in infectious diseases. And the bulk of the decline in infectious disease deaths occurred prior to the age of antibiotics. Less than 4 per cent of… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
Ebola haunted Zaire because of corruption and political repression. The virus had no secret powers, nor was it unusually contagious. For centuries Ebola had… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
There is no governing structure for a pandemic, and little more than vague political pressure to ensure limited access to life-sparing tools and medicines… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
What public health really is is a trust. That's why I used the term 'Betrayal of Trust' as the title of my book. It's a trust between the government and the people. — Laurie Garrett Copy Share
Without equity, pandemic battles will fail. Viruses will simply recirculate, and perhaps undergo mutations or changes that render vaccines useless, passing through the unprotected… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
“Consider the difference in size between some of the very tiniest and the very largest creatures on Earth. A small bacterium weights as little as 0.00000000001 gram. A blue whale weighs about 100,000,000 grams. Yet a bacterium can kill a whale … . Such is the adaptability and versatility of microorganisms as compared with humans and other so-called “higher” organisms,… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share
[W]hat suffers in the atmosphere of immediacy is analysis. What suffers in this search for speed is depth. The media in the wealthy world… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
All across America news organizations have been devoured by massive corporations, and allegiance to stockholders, the drive for higher share prices, and push for… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
Let's pretend there's a pandemic. Let's everybody run around and play your role. Main result is that there is tremendous confusion. ... Nobody knows… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
It would be easy to descend into despair, not only about the state of journalism, but the future of American democracy. But giving up… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
All too many journalists seem to mistake scandal mongering for tenacious investigation, and far too many aspire to make themselves the story. — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
At no time in history have we succeeded in making, in a timely fashion, a specific vaccine for more than 260 million people. — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
'Contagion' should serve as a wake-up call not only about the germs, but perhaps more importantly about the frailty of governance, nationally and worldwide. — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
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