14 Quotes by David Heymann

There are some feelings that possibly live game markets might have been associated with some of the earlier cases, but this is only hypothesis.

We still maintain that travel is not to be interrupted in the world at this point of time.

Polio is not only an issue in Indonesia ... but it's an international issue. That virus, just as it came here from the African continent, could now go from here to a neighboring country and become implanted in that country if protection rates for polio were low.

Polio is not only an issue in Indonesia ... but it's an international issue.

We believe the outbreak has come to a peak in these areas because of information that ministries of health have given us.

Today, one of the most important means of spreading diseases around the globe is air travel.

We are seeing that we are beginning to tighten in on the disease. ... Eventually, we hope that it can be contained throughout the world and not become an epidemic or an endemic disease.

The governments (in Canada, Vietnam, Singapore, and Hong Kong) have reported cases, and we see in each of these areas, the case reports are decreasing and becoming more stable so we believe the epidemic may have peaked there.

The risk now is Nigeria - and losing the commitment in other countries. But we're confident now that Nigeria will get the job done.