"There is a short period of grace in which to combat SARS. The major questions about SARS-coronavirus control and biology such as mode of transmission, spread, and mechanisms of virulence, need answering-before the next time SARS rears its ugly corona."
-Drs. Earl Brown and Jason Tetro
University of Ottawa-Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology
In the May 9 issue of The Lancet
"Information is your ally. Stay informed, and keep the public informed."
-Infectious disease specialist
Mediadora Saniel
The Medical City
"It is the nature of epidemics to be unpredictable…Infectious diseases do not respect national boundaries."
-Dr. Barry Bloom
dean, Harvard School of Public Health
In the May 2 issue of Science
"[Hospital infection-control measures] are in place. The policies are set. Whether these are 100-percent, to-the-letter, being implemented, I can only speculate and tell you we try our very best."
-Dr. Arcadio Tamayo
medical director, University of Perpetual
Help Medical Center
"We all hope that this disease will burn itself out soon, but it is foolish to rely on hope alone."
-Dr. Jeffrey Drazen
in the March 31 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, online edition
"We agree that we have to hone our skills so that we don't harm the patient. But now that we have not harmed the patient, have we truly healed that patient?"
-Neonatologist
John Chan
head, Regional Intensive Care Nursery
"The terror of the unknown is seldom better displayed than by the response of a population to the appearance of an epidemic, particularly when the epidemic strikes without apparent cause."
-Dr. Edward Kass
on Legionnaire's disease in the 1970s
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