Margaret Chan Quotes

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.

Covid-19 may be here for a long time.

In the face of Covid-19, everything else seems a side-issue.

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

We must remember that coronavirus is a new disease, which presents new challenges.

As the COVID-19 situation evolves, we need to make sure we have enough medical professionals to care for people in need.

Every ounce of resources in our state should be focused on defeating the hidden enemy we all have in common: COVID-19.

COVID-19! I blow the wind of God on you! You are destroyed forever.

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.

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

The history books will remember the Chinese doctors who sounded the alarm about COVID-19.

This disease, called COVID 19, will be over much sooner than you think. Christian people all over this country, praying, have overwhelmed it.

Covid spreads too easily to think it can be confined to the young.

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

The spread of the disease is under control. What I worry about is the spread of fear of the disease is not under control.

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.

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.

What works most effectively for quelling disease outbreaks like Ebola is not quarantining huge populations. What works is focusing on and isolating the sick and those in direct contact with them as they are at highest risk of infection. This strategy worked with SARS, and it worked during the H1N1 flu pandemic.

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

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

One thing about Covid-19 is clear: We don't fully understand its severity and transmission. At various turns, we've both underestimated and overestimated the virus.

I know there's a lot of opinions about Covid-19 and I have mine but I just know opinions ain't worth risking your life and others. Just stay home.

I took coronavirus very seriously.

Public health officials, researchers and states rely on CDC data to track the coronavirus and make quite literally life and death decisions.

I've never been quarantined. But the more I look around the more I think it might not be a bad idea.