"Pandemics do not occur randomly. From malaria and……" — 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, especially wild animals. And we increasingly know which parts of the world pose the greatest risk for future incursions."
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Nathan Wolfe
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15 Quotes by Nathan Wolfe
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If you find diseases before they've really emerged, you can control them early on, before you get a major epidemic.
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