Nathan Wolfe Quotes

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Nathan Wolfe

Profession : Scientist

Birth : August 24, 1970

Pandemics do not occur randomly. From malaria and influenza to AIDS and SARS, the lethal microbes have come, in the first instance, from animals, especially wild animals. And we increasingly know which parts of the world pose the greatest risk for future incursions.

Nathan Wolfe

The world can now maintain an acute infection in a way that is unprecedented in the history of life on our planet.

Nathan Wolfe

We've put huge resources into predicting tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes. HIV/AIDS is like an earthquake that's lasted 30 years and touched every country on the planet. We have such incredible capacity to think about the future, it's time we used it to predict biological threats. Otherwise we'll be blindsided again and again.

Nathan Wolfe