Vivek Murthy Quotes

You don't have to vaccinate every man, woman and child in the country if you have a couple of cases of smallpox cropping up.

College campuses are a focus of prevention efforts for meningococcal disease because of the increased incidence of the disease during adolescence and young adulthood, as well as transmission from crowded living conditions and social behaviors common among college students.

With infectious disease, without vaccines, there's no safety in numbers.

The border patrol gave us a list of the diseases that they're concerned about, and Ebola was one of those.

Those people who get the flu shot not only protect themselves from getting the flu or reducing their likelihood of developing the flu, but those around them.

I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox.

My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea.

When most members of a community are vaccinated, they protect those who are not by eliminating the viral reservoirs in the population. The effect is known as 'herd immunity.'

Ninety percent of the cases of polio are in security-vulnerable areas.

The flu is very unpredictable when it begins and in how it takes off.

We're all in denial from time to time. We all see things that are too painful to really deal with. But this has consequences, and the consequences of not vaccinating your children are not only just that those children are exposed to illnesses; it's that everyone else they go to school with and they hang around with are, too.

In today's world, new infections and diseases can spread across the country and even across the world in a matter of days, or even hours, making early detection critical.

Infectious disease exists at this intersection between real science, medicine, public health, social policy, and human conflict. There's a tendency of people to try and make a group out of those who have the disease. It makes people who don't have the disease feel safer.

If smallpox were a threat just to individuals, then it could be left up to individuals to decide whether or not they want to protect themselves.

The Dangerous and Sinful Practice of Inoculation

In 'Pox: An American History,' Michael Willrich meticulously traces the story of how the smallpox vaccine was pressed into service during a major outbreak.

Think about old people; think about young people, those with immune system problems. They can't really protect themselves well against the flu, so by you limiting the spread of the flu and getting vaccinated, you're helping protect them as well.

Strong health and disease surveillance systems halt epidemics that take lives, disrupt economies, and pose global health security threats.

Vaccination is a public health issue because influenza is a highly contagious disease. If you don't vaccinate your child, his or her schoolmates are much more likely to become ill. That is why some places (New York, for example) are making the vaccine mandatory for school children.

Health officials are saying the number of measles cases that originated in Disneyland continues to grow. Which is why this year after the game the Super Bowl MVPshouted, 'No way am I going to Disneyland!'

Smallpox is natural; vaccine ain't.

I just want people to know the facts and science and the information... measles is preventable.

There is no known cure for the Presidential virus other than embalming fluid.

Smallpox is the only human infectious disease ever eradicated by science.

Unfortunately, infectious diseases don’t pay much attention to budget cycles.