Country Quote by Margaret Chan

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

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

Back from 2001 to 2003, I wrote multiple editorials for The Washington Post about biological warfare and pandemic preparedness - issues that were at…

— Anne Applebaum

“There are emergency preparedness plans in place for earthquakes and hurricanes, heat waves and ice storms. There are plans for power outages of a…

— Ted Koppel

Pandemics do not occur randomly. From malaria and influenza to AIDS and SARS, the lethal microbes have come, in the first instance, from animals,…

— Nathan Wolfe

The influenza pandemic of 1918 may well be the greatest scourge ever to afflict humanity, exacting a death toll greater than all the wars…

— David L. Katz

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

— Anonymous

The unique nature about the influenza virus is its great potential for changes, for mutation.

— Margaret Chan

Based on assessment of all available information and following several expert consultations, I have decided to raise the current level of influenza pandemic alert…

— Margaret Chan

For a pandemic of moderate severity, this is one of our greatest challenges: helping people to understand when they do not need to worry,…

— Margaret Chan

After all it really is all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic.

— Margaret Chan