Africa Quote by Nathan Wolfe

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 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

There are commonalities among all the pandemics that occur, and we can learn from them. One commonality is that they all come from animals.…

— Nathan Wolfe

We live in a world fraught with risk from new pandemics. Fortunately, we also now live in an era with the tools to build…

— Nathan Wolfe

I've had to confront a lot of pandemics and infectious diseases around the globe.

— Deborah Birx

As a species, I think we have no choice but to try and forecast pandemics.

— Nathan Wolfe

I've always been interested in pandemics, where they come from, how they arise, and the key feature which really fascinates me is that the…

— Norman Swan

There's never been a pandemic which hasn't exploited a change in the way we live - politics, social structure, technological change, warfare, it's always…

— Norman Swan

“Flu pandemics are nothing new. Medical historians think the first one struck in 1510, infecting Asia, Africa, Europe, and the New World. Between the…

— Albert Marrin

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

— Margaret Chan

I don't think pandemics make us afraid of death, I think they make us afraid of oblivion. They force us to grapple with the…

— John Green

If we can contain and monitor animal viruses at an earlier stage - when they're first entering human populations, preferably before they've had a…

— Nathan Wolfe