Swine flu is not an anomaly. We know that swine flu - like the vast majority of new outbreaks - comes from animals. We should be monitoring those animals and the humans that come into contact with them, so we… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share Image
The reality is: By the time swine flu got on the radar screen of global public health, it had already spread. It was already in the States, it was in Mexico, it was in New Zealand. By the time it… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
