Alert Quote by Margaret Chan

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

MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it.

— David Rockefeller

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

— 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

All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans. Countries should remain on high alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe…

— 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

Vaccination is a public health issue because influenza is a highly contagious disease. If you don't vaccinate your child, his or her schoolmates are…

— Michael Specter

Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The…

— Jared Diamond

“In the United States, influenza death rates were so high that the average life span fell by twelve years, from fifty-one in 1917 to…

— Albert Marrin

I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I'm in bed with the influenza.

— Quintus Ennius

The education bestowed on Flora Poste by her parents had been expensive, athletic and prolonged; and when they died within a few weeks of…

— Stella Gibbons