"We all as a global public health community have a right to know what's being done to stop these ongoing transmissions because this could be in our lap tomorrow."
Canadian Press, Sep 16, 2013, on the lack of forthcoming information on MERS
“This is not based on science, and it’s dangerous . . . it’s just quackery.”
WCCO News, Aug 19, 2013, in regard to prolonged treatment for so-called chronic…
“This one is very solvable. This is one of the easy ones. . . . If this same number of cases had happened in Minnesota as happened in Iowa, this would have been solved weeks ago.”
"Those of us who have spent a lifetime in public health can see when an investigation is languishing and not finding answers, and it really does potentially pose risks to the public’s health."
"[A global MERS outbreak] may never happen. [But] it could happen tomorrow. It could happen this afternoon. And I think there's clearly enough data to support that."
"There is either an animal reservoir that is widespread and we are not aware of it, or there is substantial unrecognized human-to-human transmission of this virus. Either way, this is a problem."
"The issue that we all worry about is what happens if this gets into a country that doesn’t have the same level of infection control capability in a health-care setting?"