Epidemic Quotes

“More people died because of Ebola than from Ebola,” Tom Frieden said later. “It collapsed the health care systems.”
― Reid Wilson, Epidemic: Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak

“The painful fact was, we knew in July if we could get 300 beds, we could end it. By November, we needed 3,000 beds,” he recalled later.”
― Reid Wilson, Epidemic: Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak

“Anthropology is as important as statistics. Understanding the individual is as important as counting them.”
― Reid Wilson, Epidemic: Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak

“Every previous outbreak had happened in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Uganda. Those countries were 2,000 miles away from Guinea, a virtual world apart.”
― Reid Wilson, Epidemic: Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak