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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

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

— Alan Huffman

Epidemics on the other side of the world are a threat to us all. No epidemic is just local.

— Peter Piot

Left to their own devices, epidemic diseases tend to follow the same basic process: A virus or bacteria infects a host, who typically becomes…

— Alan Huffman

Governors normally have jurisdiction over public health emergencies, but a widespread biological attack would cross state boundaries.

— Barton Gellman

Without strong health systems in place, the higher the population density, the more difficult it becomes to prevent and control outbreaks, and not just…

— Seth Berkley

Given exponential growth dynamics of infectious diseases, containing an epidemic is straightforward early on, but nearly impossible once a disease spreads among a population.

— Zeynep Tufekci

A pandemic influenza would mean widespread infection essentially throughout every region of the world.

— Anonymous

Epidemics follow patterns because diseases follow patterns. Viruses spread; they reproduce; they die.

— Jill Lepore

Infectious disease exists at this intersection between real science, medicine, public health, social policy, and human conflict. There's a tendency of people to try…

— Andrea Barrett

Natural epidemics can be extremely large. Intentionally caused epidemics, bioterrorism, would be the largest of all.

— Bill Gates

Epidemics, like disasters, have a way of revealing underlying truths about the societies they impact.

— Anne Applebaum