Andrew Cuomo Quotes

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

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.

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

Of course when you look back from all the pandemics that have happened in the world, they were really scary.

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

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.

I think it would be over-exaggeration to think that there are millions of viruses ready to jump on us and bring us back to the 14th century. That would be looking over a ledge that isn't there.

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.

Coronavirus has challenged daily life in Britain in a way not seen for generations.

Covid-19 may be here for a long time.

As fearsome as Covid-19 is, it is not the Nazis.

A respiratory pathogen may pose an asymmetric risk to America, given our culture, economy and federalist system.

COVID-19 is a national crisis, and we need a national response to address it.

We've all learned about this disease since it was first discovered several years ago in Europe. And so I think we've learned from the European experience.

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

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.

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

We cannot think of the old days when we were dealing with SARS. It's a totally different ballgame now.

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.

Avian flu, which has already killed 50 people, is only a mutation away from being transmissible from person to person. We have no immunity, no vaccines, and no cure. It is imperative that we strengthen our domestic vaccine supply, expand legal protections, encourage collaboration between the public and private sectors, and advance research and development. These initiatives will help protect us from a deadly viral outbreak that experts warn could come to our shores any day.

There is nothing new about the sudden enthusiasm for aggressive government intervention during a health crisis. Throughout history, pandemics have led to an expansion of the power of the state.

The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the world is, it would spread faster.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has created an unprecedented situation around the world.

Humankind is no stranger to calamitous outbreaks of diseases.

We have all been impacted by COVID-19. Some of us have lost a loved one and others know those who are sick.