Alert Quote by 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

When there is an influenza threat, drop everything and focus on risks from influenza pandemics. When SARS spreads, focus on unknown respiratory diseases. This…

— Nathan Wolfe

If we can provide even a few months of early warning for just one pandemic, the benefits will outweigh all the time and energy…

— Nathan Wolfe

This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical industry…

— Margaret Chan

This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical industry…

— Margaret Chan

If we fail to develop a national coordinated response, based in science, I fear the pandemic will get far worse and be prolonged, causing…

— Rick Bright

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

We're really excited to support candidates who are making a point of putting pandemic prevention as one of their core policy positions and promising…

— Sam Bankman-Fried

Pandemic influenza is by nature an international issue; it requires an international solution.

— Margaret Chan

Influenza pandemics must be taken seriously, precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world.

— Margaret Chan

The Ebola epidemic can serve as an early warning wake-up call to get ready. If we start now, we can be ready for the…

— Bill Gates

When the physical threat of coronavirus subsides, as it surely will, we must address the impact to our mental health.

— Luciana Berger