Richard E. Besser Quotes

• Emergency rooms are closed, many hospital wards are as well leaving people who are sick with heart disease, trauma, pregnancy complications, pneumonia, malaria and all the everyday health emergencies with nowhere to go.

  Richard E. Besser

  Pregnancy, Heart, Pneumonia

  "Another American Doctor Tests Positive for Ebola in West Africa" by Sydney Lupkin, abcnews.go.com. September 2, 2014.

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

  Richard E. Besser

  Funny Love, Price Tag, Preparation

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• We as a global community are only as strong as our weakest link.

  Richard E. Besser

  Strong, Community, Links

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• The other big lesson from Katrina is that it pays to be prepared. But it's also very difficult to stay prepared because the longer you go between events the more you'll see complacency.

  Richard E. Besser

  Events, Lessons, Pay

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• It's critically important that people trust you during a public health crisis.

  Richard E. Besser

  People, Important, Crisis

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• Looking at the individuals who suffered the most during the hurricane, you could see that those with underlying medical problems were at greater risk.

  Richard E. Besser

  Medical Problems, Risk, Hurricanes

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