People Quote by Bruce Beutler

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

Confronting a dangerous pandemic requires containing spread wherever it is reasonably possible. Sensible measures such as universal masking, testing and widespread and rapid contact…

— Scott Gottlieb

By recognizing that infectious disease is not some faraway exotic issue but a global problem, and by sharing the responsibility for its prevention, diagnosis,…

— Seth Berkley

The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.

— H. L. Mencken

One day, as I was speaking to another mother of a disabled child, I said our secret weapon against this disease is to do…

— Didi Conn

If you find diseases before they've really emerged, you can control them early on, before you get a major epidemic.

— Nathan Wolfe

The world has been very careful to pick very few diseases for eradication, because it is very tough.

— Bill Gates

In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not…

— Ron Wyden

Check disease in its approach.

— Aulus Persius Flaccus

A more effective international disease surveillance system is essential for global security both against a bioterrorist attack or a naturally occurring disease.

— Anonymous

Soap, gloves, isolating patients, not reusing needles and quarantining the contacts of the ill - in theory it should be very easy to contain…

— Peter Piot