Ebola Quotes

• It is the world's first Ebola epidemic, and it's spiraling out of control. It's bad now, and it's going to get worse in the very near future. There is still a window of opportunity to tamp it down, but that window is closing. We really have to act now.

  Tom Frieden

  Opportunity, Epidemics, World

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• This is different than every other Ebola situation we've ever had. It's spreading widely, throughout entire countries, through multiple countries, in cities and very fast.

  Vincent Martin

  Country, Cities, Different

  "Liberia Doctors Strike, U.N. Warns Of Food Shortages Due To Ebola" by James Harding Giahyue, www.businessinsider.com. September 2, 2014.

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• This outbreak is moving ahead of efforts to control it.

  David Nabarro

  Moving, Effort, Outbreaks

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• The level of outbreak is beyond anything we’ve seen - or even imagined.

  Tom Frieden

  Levels, Outbreaks, Stunning

  "CDC: ‘Window Is Closing’ on Containing Ebola" by Abby Haglage, www.thedailybeast.com. September 2, 2014.

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• I could not possibly overstate the need for an urgent response.

  Tom Frieden

  Needs, Stunning, Apocalyptic

  CDC Telebriefing in West Africa, www.cdc.gov. September 2, 2014.

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• Reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as swine flu, dengue fever, Ebola virus and tuberculosis are particularly concerning.

  Phil Gingrey

  Migrants, Viruses, Tuberculosis

  "GOP congressman: Ebola could spread across the border". www.msnbc.com. July 15, 2014.

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• 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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• People are hungry in these communities. They don't know how they are going to get food.

  Keiji Fukuda

  People, Community, Hungry

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• Today we know the best way to prevent the spread of Ebola infection is through public health measures.

  Anthony S. Fauci

  Today, Way, Infection

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• Sending us Ebola bombs in the form of sweaty Glaswegians just isn't cricket.

  Katie Hopkins

  Bombs, Offensive, Cricket

  Twitter post from Dec 29, 2014

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• The bottom line here is that I have no doubt that we will control this importation or this case of Ebola so that it does not spread widely throughout this country. There's no doubt in my mind, we will stop it here.

  Tom Frieden

  Country, Doubt, Mind

  "CDC Confirms First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the United States". CDC Press Conference, www.cdc.gov. September 30, 2014.

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• Even Doctors Without Borders in West Africa are moving the fatality rate from 50 percent down to 30 percent-I bet we can do substantially better than that here.

  William Schaffner

  Moving, Doctors, Borders

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• We feel confident that there won't be an outbreak.

  Anthony S. Fauci

  Outbreaks, Feels

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• I don't know … but I think this Ebola epidemic is a form of population control.

  Chris Brown

  Thinking, Epidemics, Population

  Twitter post from Oct 13, 2014

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• The U.S. must immediately stop all flights from EBOLA infected countries or the plague will start and spread inside our borders. Act fast!

  Donald Trump

  Country, Borders, Flight

  'This Week' with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com. August 3, 2014.

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• In 1976 I discovered Ebola - now I fear an unimaginable tragedy.

  Peter Piot

  Tragedy, Unimaginable

  "In 1976 I discovered Ebola - now I fear an unimaginable tragedy", www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2014.

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• It is certainly possible that someone who has had contact with this patient could develop Ebola, but there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here.

  Tom Frieden

  Doubt, Mind, Patient

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• We're very prepared: Infection-control people in hospitals over the past two months have been reviewing all their infection- control procedures because we anticipated just this sort of thing happening-a person coming from West Africa, they were healthy at the time they traveled, but got sick here.

  William Schaffner

  Past, Two, People

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• ...we hope to stop the transmission in six to nine months

  Margaret Chan

  Nine, Months, Six

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• If someone has Ebola at a cocktail party they're contagious and you can catch it from them.

  Rand Paul

  Party, Cocktails, Cocktail Parties

  Rand Paul: Ebola is 'not like AIDS'" by Ashley Killough, Justin Peligri, www.cnn.com. October 17, 2014.

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• Everyone needs to remember that Ebola was not a worst-case scenario. Preparedness for the future means preparedness for a very severe disease that spreads via the airborne route or can be transmitted during the incubation period, before an infected person shows telltale signs of illness.

  Margaret Chan

  Mean, Worst Case Scenario, Disease

  "Are We Prepared? An Exclusive Interview with WHO Director-General Margaret Chan". “Next Outbreak” with Joanne Silberner, www.pbs.org. September 28, 2015.

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• You can’t fight off Ebola the way you fight off a cold. Ebola does in ten days what it takes AIDS ten years to accomplish.

  Richard Preston

  Fighting, Years, Doe

  Richard Preston (2012). “The Hot Zone: The Chilling True Story of an Ebola Outbreak”, p.56, Random House

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• It's a tragedy that modernity has released this Ebola beast into the world. It renders humans untouchable, and that's sickening. The international response so far has been scandalous. China has delivered f**k all.

  Bob Geldof

  Tragedy, World, Beast

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• 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.

  Bill Gates

  Epidemics, Wake Up, Warning

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• I don't think we are comforted by the fact that we were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States and obviously that's not correct.

  John McCain

  Thinking, United States, Facts

  "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. October 15, 2014.

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