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“Right now there are some fifteen thousand scientists authorized to work with deadly pathogens, but there are zero federal agencies charged with assessing the…

— James Rollins

Science that fails to embrace all living beings is far more dangerous than any virus!

— Steve Simmons

“The other naturally occurring viruses, like ebola, are not durable enough to generate a runaway epidemic.”

— Martin J. Rees

We're shaking loose viruses and dislodging them from their natural ecological limitations, places where they aren't very abundant and have competition, even within a…

— David Quammen

“A “better” biological virus — like a computer virus — will perhaps just make its host sick, but still well enough to keep spreading the virus”

— Peter H. Gregory

There are too few people working in the area of viral pathogenesis and immunity, too little funding, too many problems, and too little time.

— Peter C. Doherty

What the people want the most is to keep a balance between preventing further infections of the novel coronavirus and promoting economic activities.

— Yoshihide Suga

[Physicists] feel that the field of bacterial viruses is a fine playground for serious children who ask ambitious questions.

— Max Delbruck

I'm very concerned about the increasing distortion of research by the intrusion of the market. Universities are beginning to see science as a means…

— Philip Kitcher

It's important to protect the old and the vulnerable, who are at the highest risk of severe illness and bad outcomes. But like most…

— Scott Gottlieb

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

“We were seated in a sparkling new building on the UBC campus with austere modern lines and sleek, minimalist décor—about as sterile a setting…

— Kathleen McAuliffe