Johnny Carson Quotes

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

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

Without an adequate response, an epidemic can develop into a pandemic, which generally means it has spread to more than one continent.

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

More people in the world have died in such a short time of plague than has been heard or seen since the beginning of time …. Whoever touched the sick and dead was immediately infected and died …. That pestilence deprived of human inhabitants villages and cities so that there was scarcely found a man to dwell therein.

We have paid a huge price for our media being unable to frame the virus as a problem with a time dimension and one necessitating trade-offs.

I'm tired of being behind this virus. We've been behind this virus from day one. We underestimated this virus. It's more powerful, it's more dangerous than we expected.

Access to humanitarian assistance and information are all the more important during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The mystery of that damn virus has been generated by the $2 billion a year they spend on it.

I guess there seems to be clubs opening up again, which is strange.

Some of the most vulnerable people to getting the SARS virus are health care providers. The general public, walking in the street, there is really not that much risk at all. It's a very, very low risk - a very, very low risk.

We saw in 2003 the beginnings of an outbreak of an illness called SARS. SARS ended up killing 800 people which is a significant number of deaths, but nowhere near as high as it could have been.

While Ebola's deadly reach has proven to be a complex and unique international challenge, the many uncertainties surrounding this virus continue to threaten U.S. national security.

This syndrome, SARS, is now a worldwide health threat... The world needs to work together to find its cause, cure the sick and stop its spread.

Pandemics happen. When they do, they change the world.

History has told us that no one can stop a pandemic. The question is: when is it going to happen? I don't think anybody has the answer to it. We have to be on the lookout for any time, any day.

The Ebola epidemic is the worst health emergency there has been in modern times.

The difference is that with Ebola, it is such a devastating disease, and there is still no cure. They're still working on vaccines. The fact of the matter with polio, there is a cure; there is a vaccine.

This virus is an enemy that the entire country underestimated from day one and we have paid the price dearly.

The Ebola epidemic was the most frightening outbreak I have witnessed in my lifetime, and I believe it was necessary to react globally as strongly as we did.

We prioritize protecting the people's daily lives and jobs by continuing to make every effort to prevent coronavirus infections.

It's essential that we have a coordinated, well-resourced government response to the coronavirus to keep Kansas communities safe.

The United States is deeply concerned about the vulnerability of the North Korean people to a coronavirus outbreak.

The coronavirus has yet again exposed the strong contrast between President Trump - who is working ardently for the American people - and a Democratic Party with little interest in anything besides taking him down. President Trump, for his part, has taken unprecedented action to thwart the spread of the virus.

If you only watched Fox News, you might think hydroxychloroquine is to coronavirus what Tylenol is to a headache, or that gathering in large crowds indoors without masks is safe.