It doesn't matter if we have a vaccine now or not. We can't make it, |
It may well be of great benefit to people who can get it while they're ill. |
It's the perfect setup. Then you put air travel in and it could be around the world overnight. |
Most of the federal government right now is as ill-prepared as any part of society. |
Ninety-five out of 100 will live. But with the nation in crisis, will we have food and water? Are we going to have police and security? Will people come to work at all? |
Pandemics are like hurricanes, tsunamis and earthquakes, |
Pandemics of influenza are a lot like hurricanes, tsunamis and earthquakes, ... We've learned that the virus actually causes massive infection in humans...[and] turns on one's immune system in such a way that it alternately attacks the organs in the body. |
Pandemics of influenza are a lot like hurricanes, tsunamis and earthquakes. We've learned that the virus actually causes massive infection in humans...[and] turns on one's immune system in such a way that it alternately attacks the organs in the body. |
Plague actually is a commonly occurring disease in the southwestern United States, particularly in rodents, prairie dogs and so forth. Almost any researcher technically could go out and capture the same kind of bacteria by doing sampling in the environment. |
Recent clinical, epidemiological and laboratory evidence suggests that the impact of a pandemic caused by the current H5N1 strain would be similar to that of the 1918-19 pandemic, |
Recent clinical, epidemiological and laboratory evidence suggests that the impact of a pandemic caused by the current H5N1 strain would be similar to that of the 1918-19 pandemic. |
Ten years. I believe sometime in that period it will happen. But I couldn't tell you why. |
That is like trying to fill Lake Superior with a garden hose. That's just a start. |
That means that very, very limited supply is going to become a lot more limited. |
That's the difference between planning for an F1 hurricane or an F5, |