Political Quotes

“since first emerging in Wuhan, China, on December 31, the outbreak of a new coronavirus, COVID-19, ``novel coronavirus'', has spread to 25 countries, infected more than 44,000 people, caused at least 1,100 deaths, forced entire cities into lockdown, triggered hundreds of international flight cancelations, restricted hundreds of Americans to U.S. military bases in Federal Government quarantine, and caused significant economic harm to countries and businesses around the globe, all this in only 6 weeks, with no end in sight. The virus has infected and killed more people and has done so faster than the SARS outbreak in China in the early 2000s, which infected 8,098 people and caused 774 deaths worldwide. The World Health Organization--WHO--has formally declared a public health emergency of international concern--the sixth such declaration since 2009--and the outbreak will get worse, possibly far worse, before it gets better. While the novel coronavirus outbreak is alarming and is creating fear around the world, it should not be surprising. Scientists, epidemiologists, and other global health experts have for years warned that infectious disease outbreaks will continue to occur more frequently and cause greater harm, and that most emerging viruses will spread from animals to humans.…”