Seasonal flu is now a pandemic that lasts for years and years because you've got so many people that it's jumping back between northern and southern hemispheres and moving itself around the world. By the time it gets back to… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share Image
If we can contain and monitor animal viruses at an earlier stage - when they're first entering human populations, preferably before they've had a… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share
If an alien visited Earth, they would take some note of humans, but probably spend most of their time trying to understand the dominant… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share
If we can provide even a few months of early warning for just one pandemic, the benefits will outweigh all the time and energy… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share
There are commonalities among all the pandemics that occur, and we can learn from them. One commonality is that they all come from animals.… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share
Swine flu is not an anomaly. We know that swine flu - like the vast majority of new outbreaks - comes from animals. We… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share
The reality is: By the time swine flu got on the radar screen of global public health, it had already spread. It was already… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share
We live in a world fraught with risk from new pandemics. Fortunately, we also now live in an era with the tools to build… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share
I work to create systems that can accurately detect pandemics early, determine their likely importance, and, with any luck, crush those that have the… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share
The world can now maintain an acute infection in a way that is unprecedented in the history of life on our planet. — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share
We know there are certain types of viruses that are nasty - influenza, for instance, is an area that is not a blindside. But… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share
Because pandemics almost always begin with the transmission of an animal microbe to a human, it's work that takes me all around the globe… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share
Pandemics do not occur randomly. From malaria and influenza to AIDS and SARS, the lethal microbes have come, in the first instance, from animals,… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share
We've put huge resources into predicting tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes. HIV/AIDS is like an earthquake that's lasted 30 years and touched every country on… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share
When there is an influenza threat, drop everything and focus on risks from influenza pandemics. When SARS spreads, focus on unknown respiratory diseases. This… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share
Seasonal flu is now a pandemic that lasts for years and years because you've got so many people that it's jumping back between northern… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share
