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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

Pandemic influenza is by nature an international issue; it requires an international solution.

— Margaret Chan

Without an adequate response, an epidemic can develop into a pandemic, which generally means it has spread to more than one continent.

— Alan Huffman

There is no firm dividing line between what is an epidemic and what is not an epidemic, but I think, when you look at…

— Julie Gerberding

This pandemic is a global war. It has affected the entire world. Those countries which had lifted the lockdown in haste thinking that it…

— Uddhav Thackeray

The pandemic has affected every single field and part of life globally including the entertainment field.

— Ankit Tiwari

The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the…

— Bill Gates

For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid…

— Margaret Chan

“Flu pandemics are nothing new. Medical historians think the first one struck in 1510, infecting Asia, Africa, Europe, and the New World. Between the…

— Albert Marrin

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…

— Margaret Chan

The features of globalization have huge consequences on pandemics. It just connects us so much more closely... And as a consequence, every one of…

— Nathan Wolfe

“The pandemic may have originated in the American military post at Fort Riley, Kansas, where a dust storm whipping about tons of incinerated manure…

— Joseph E. Persico