Laurie Garrett Quotes

• Sin equidad, las batallas contra las pandemias fracasarán. Los virus simplemente recircularán, y tal vez sufran mutaciones o cambios que inutilicen las vacunas, pasando por las poblaciones desprotegidas del planeta.

  Laurie Garrett

  Vaccines, Battle, Pandemics

  "'Contagion' is part reality, part fantasy, totally possible" by Laurie Garrett, www.cnn.com. September 13, 2011.

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• [W]hat suffers in the atmosphere of immediacy is analysis. What suffers in this search for speed is depth. The media in the wealthy world are becoming increasingly simplistic, superficial, and celebrity-focused.

  Laurie Garrett

  Media, Atmosphere, Suffering

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• At no time in history have we succeeded in making, in a timely fashion, a specific vaccine for more than 260 million people.

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  Fashion, Vaccines, People

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• It would be easy to descend into despair, not only about the state of journalism, but the future of American democracy. But giving up is not an option. There is too much at stake.

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  Giving Up, Despair, Democracy

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• En total, el 86% del aumento de la esperanza de vida se debió a la disminución de las enfermedades infecciosas. Y la mayor parte del descenso de las muertes por enfermedades infecciosas se produjo antes de la era de los antibióticos. Menos del 4% de la mejora total de la esperanza de vida desde 1700 puede atribuirse a los avances del siglo XX en atención médica.

  Laurie Garrett

  Age, Care, Disease

  Laurie Garrett (2003). “Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health”, p.9

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• Finjamos que hay una pandemia. Que todo el mundo corra y desempeñe su papel. El resultado principal es que hay una confusión tremenda. ... Nadie sabe quién está al mando. Nadie conoce la cadena de mando.

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  Running, Motivation, Inspiration

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• All too many journalists seem to mistake scandal mongering for tenacious investigation, and far too many aspire to make themselves the story.

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  Mistake, Scandal, Stories

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• Ebola haunted Zaire because of corruption and political repression. The virus had no secret powers, nor was it unusually contagious. For centuries Ebola had lurked in the jungles of central Africa. Its emergence into human populations required the special assistance of humanity's greatest vices : greed, corruption, arrogance, tyranny, and callousness.

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  Ebola, Greed, Political

  Laurie Garrett (2003). “Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health”, p.53

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• All across America news organizations have been devoured by massive corporations, and allegiance to stockholders, the drive for higher share prices, and push for larger dividend returns trumps everything that the grunts in the newsrooms consider their missions.

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  Organization, America, Corporations

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