American democracy Quote by Laurie Garrett

Ebola haunted Zaire because of corruption and political repression. The virus had no secret powers, nor was it unusually contagious. For centuries Ebola had…

— Laurie Garrett

There is no governing structure for a pandemic, and little more than vague political pressure to ensure limited access to life-sparing tools and medicines…

— Laurie Garrett

What public health really is is a trust. That's why I used the term 'Betrayal of Trust' as the title of my book. It's…

— Laurie Garrett

Without equity, pandemic battles will fail. Viruses will simply recirculate, and perhaps undergo mutations or changes that render vaccines useless, passing through the unprotected…

— Laurie Garrett

“Consider the difference in size between some of the very tiniest and the very largest creatures on Earth. A small bacterium weights as little…

— Laurie Garrett

[W]hat suffers in the atmosphere of immediacy is analysis. What suffers in this search for speed is depth. The media in the wealthy world…

— Laurie Garrett

All across America news organizations have been devoured by massive corporations, and allegiance to stockholders, the drive for higher share prices, and push for…

— Laurie Garrett

Let's pretend there's a pandemic. Let's everybody run around and play your role. Main result is that there is tremendous confusion. ... Nobody knows…

— Laurie Garrett

All too many journalists seem to mistake scandal mongering for tenacious investigation, and far too many aspire to make themselves the story.

— Laurie Garrett

At no time in history have we succeeded in making, in a timely fashion, a specific vaccine for more than 260 million people.

— Laurie Garrett

'Contagion' should serve as a wake-up call not only about the germs, but perhaps more importantly about the frailty of governance, nationally and worldwide.

— Laurie Garrett

In all, 86 per cent of the increased life expectancy was due to decreases in infectious diseases. And the bulk of the decline in…

— Laurie Garrett