Kent Hill Quotations

With the number of countries now that have significant outbreaks of some sort, obviously there is more contact with human beings and that increases the possibility of ... a global human pandemic.

We have known that it was just a matter of time before it reaches the Middle East and Africa. I think we were a little surprised that it hit Nigeria, we thought that it would hit some place else in Africa.

We are putting money into surveillance and communication precisely where we think a country can't deal with it.

(We) work with WHO, FAO and in places where H5N1 is not even identified ... We are working with the countries to make sure they are anticipating what they do if they get an outbreak.

This is still primarily an animal problem, but with the spread to new countries, that increases the possibility of something happening that we don't want to happen, and that's a pandemic.

This kind of packet of materials would include -- even though it's a small packet -- all sorts of things, including the gloves, the masks, the suits, the goggles, disinfectants, etc.

The challenge is to limit as much as possible how much contact there is between infected birds and people, and just to limit the extent of the spread among the birds.