“ Raising awareness versus raising alarmthe public can't be better informed if the information isn't better. T.K. Naliaka
“ Eradicating mosquitoes is a means to an end. An uninfected mosquito is harmless to humans - just a nuisance. An infected mosquito is a danger. T.K. Naliaka
“ Despite 4,000 years of proven usefulness, quarantines seem to be to modern international public health experts as garlic is to a vampire. T.K. Naliaka
“ In times of stress and danger such as come about as the result of an epidemic, many tragic and cruel phases of human nature are brought out, as well as many brave and unselfish ones. William Crawford Gorgas
“ Fortunately for the cause of science and of humanity, we had as Governor-General of Cuba at that time General Leonard Wood, of the United States Army. General Wood had been educated as a physician, an… William Crawford Gorgas
“ The case which I reported on September 26, 1901, was really the last which occurred in Havana. Of course we did not know it at the time, but this case marked the first conquest of yellow fever in an e… William Crawford Gorgas
“ It is almost impossible for contemporaries to judge the true value of discoveries, or to give the proper position to the men of their own time who make these discoveries. The Surgeon-General of the Pu… William Crawford Gorgas
“ Will Brazilian antigambiae measures succeed in Africa? As time goes by it will almost certainly be found that an increasing number of areas can be cleaned of gambiae and be freed of gambiae-transmitte… Fred Lowe Soper
“ In the middle of the cemetery is a grassy plane, strangely vacant. There are no granite tombs or crumbling concrete, just a sun-washed treeless patch of green known as "No Man's Land." Here 1,500 unid… Molly Caldwell Crosby
“ Nature had found the perfect place to hide the yellow fever virus. It seeded itself and grew in the blood, blooming yellow and running red. Molly Caldwell Crosby
“ He was one of life’s great helpers, for he cleaned up foul places and made them sweet. Thomas W. Martin
“ I am sorry for you tonight, Mr. President. You are facing one of the greatest decisions of your career. Upon what you decide depends on whether or not you are going to get your canal. If you fall back… Thomas W. Martin
