Public Health Preparedness Quotes

The lack of U. S. Capability to rapidly recognize, respond, and recover from a biological attack is the most significant failure identified in this report card. Especially troubling is the lack of priority given to the development of medical countermeasures … the vaccines and medicines that would be required to mitigate the consequences of an attack.

The Ebola epidemic can serve as an early warning wake-up call to get ready. If we start now, we can be ready for the next epidemic.

Congress did the right thing with Ebola. They funded us to protect Americans and keep us safer.

We need to be as well prepared to defend ourselves against public health dangers as we should be to defend ourselves against any foreign danger.

Tom Cotton voted against preparing America for pandemics like Ebola.

SARS was a very important event... And many countries have learned from SARS... The SARS event sort of gave them additional impetus and the sense of urgency for them to really revise the International Health Regulations.

You can't put a price tag on preparation for a pandemic.