26 Quotes by Henk Bekedam

So far it is primarily an animal disease. The more it is contained to animals, the better.

If there's evidence of human-to-human transmission, there will be small clusters. We are not at that stage.

If you do not have the resources to deal with SARS, I think we're going for a very big outbreak in China.

If you put a message out there very strongly, then Chinese people might go into a panic, which is absolutely unnecessary,

If you go to deal with human health issues only when it strikes people, I think you're already one step behind. You can never build a defense system if you only beef up the human side.

In the winter, the virus can survive longer outside its own host ... so we expect more cases, especially in this part of the world.

The challenge now is to eliminate it as a public threat. The surveillance system needs to be beefed up to be more sensitive and action-oriented so we can get all SARS cases.

The challenge now is to eliminate it as a public threat, ... The surveillance system needs to be beefed up to be more sensitive and action-oriented so we can get all SARS cases.