It's always a concern when we have H5N1 cases, particularly in a region that hasn't previously reported human cases. That shows us that the virus is still a threat to public health and clearly that it has a capacity to move and to infect humans.
More Quotes from Maria Cheng:
We've seen images where quite clearly they are not protected properly. We see people with bare hands, their eyes, their nose and their mouth uncovered, where they are possibly breathing in virus,Maria Cheng
But this is a very short window of opportunity here. Because influenza spreads so rapidly we wouldn't be surprised to see this spread worldwide within a matter of weeks.... Once we start to see this in a larger area, across borders, then it will be very difficult to stop it.
Maria Cheng
Any attempt to strengthen the surveillance worldwide for H5N1 is a good plan.
Maria Cheng
It was ruled out before because all the indications at the time were that it was not bird flu ... Tests done in a laboratory in Baghdad had come back negative.
Maria Cheng
We know cats can be infected. We know H5N1 is capable of infecting a wide diversity of mammals. We are not exactly sure what it means for human health, but I don't think it raises WHO concerns.
Maria Cheng
Our office in Beijing was informed of this today. It is in a province that hasn't identified human cases before but it is somebody who seems to have a history of exposure to poultry.
Maria Cheng
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate characterization and dialogue memorable in itself produces dramatic literature.George P. Baker
Musical ideas sprang to my mind like a flight of butterflies, and all I had to do was to stretch out my hand to catch them.
Charles Gounod
I'm a very, very stubborn man.
Dave Van Ronk