Influenza Quotes

You have to test the birds and test the water. If you find it in a lake, influenzas can hang around for a month. Some studies have shown it staying over 200 days. - Jeanne Fair

Yes, it was positive, she died from avian influenza. We have 22 deaths now. - Hariadi Wibisono

With less medication to offer this year, immunization becomes even more important. If more people get immunized now, we could blunt the peak and save illness and death from the influenza virus for the rest of the season. So far, this year's vaccine is a good match for the virus that is circulating. - Jim Nordin

With 31 sites of avian influenza, Romania runs the risk of human contamination at any moment. - Guenael Rodier

While we still have a window of opportunity, we must do everything we can to avert an influenza pandemic as we simultaneously prepare for a worse-case scenario. - Shigeru Omi

What you see is that marketing rules the response to influenza, and scientific evidence comes fourth or fifth. Vaccines may have a role, but they appear to have a modest effect. The best strategy to prevent the illness is to wash your hands. - Tom Jefferson

What would emerge would be a disease as deadly as avian influenza, which currently has a case fatality rate of over 50%, but that moves as easily as seasonal influenza does from person to person. - Dick Thompson

What we've seen today is that the world really does care and wants to respond effectively to the threats of avian influenza and a possible human pandemic. - David Nabarro

What we think is most likely is that 3- and 4-year-olds are early spreaders of influenza because of the preschool setting. - John Brownstein