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" You don't have to vaccinate every man, woman and child in the country if you have a couple of cases of smallpox cropping up. "

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" I believe I have a personal responsibility to make a positive impact on society. "

" The discovery of HIV in 1983 and the proof that it was the cause of AIDS in 1984 were the first major scientific breakthroughs that provided a specific target for blood-screening tests and opened the doorway to the development of antiretroviral medications. "

" I think, collectively, we should be paying more attention to what is going on around us in the world among people who don't have the advantages that we have. "

" We can sharply deflect the curve of HIV incidence. "

" When you think in terms of public service, I heard so much about what Mother Theresa had done in her life. And I was fortunate enough to get a chance to meet her and talk to her a lot about what motivates her and what drives her. And that, to me, is a person that really is an extraordinary role model. "

" Today we know the best way to prevent the spread of Ebola infection is through public health measures. "

" When I was a child, there were not that many vaccines. I was vaccinated for polio. I actually got measles as a child. I got pertussis, whooping cough. I remember that very well. "

" A pandemic influenza would mean widespread infection essentially throughout every region of the world. "

" The launch of phase 1 Ebola vaccine studies is a first step in developing a vaccine that could be licensed and used in the field to protect not only the front line health care workers but also those living in areas where Ebola virus exists. "

" For the first time, we have the genetic sequences of all three of the players in the global malaria debacle: the parasite, the anopheles mosquito and the human. It's a very important milestone. "

" The world is a place that is so interconnected that what happens in another part of the world will impact us. "

" Inevitably, malaria parasites developed resistance to commonly used drugs, and mosquito vectors became insecticide-resistant. "

" The nature of a protective immune response to HIV is still unclear. Because in a very, very unique manner, unlike virtually any other microbe with which we're familiar, the HIV virus has evolved in a way that the immune system finds it very difficult, if not impossible, to deal with the virus. "

" Pneumococcal disease is a real threat. Pneumococcal disease is a bacterial infection that causes anything from middle ear infection to pneumonia to meningitis. Children are particularly vulnerable to it, but adults can get pneumococcal disease themselves. "

" When we can get the incidence of HIV down enough to turn the trajectory of the pandemic, it will assume a momentum of its own in diminishing HIV. "

" You can't rush the science, but when the science points you in the right direction, then you can start rushing. "

" Although it is still important to develop an HIV vaccine, we have significant tools already at our disposal that can make a major impact on the trajectory of this epidemic. "

" I'm generally considered a conservative in my predictions for disease. "

" There has been treatment for hepatitis C, but the treatment has not been overwhelmingly effective, number 1. And number 2, it has had considerable toxicity. "

" Previous efforts to eradicate malaria failed for several reasons, including political instability and technical challenges in delivering resources, especially in certain countries in Africa. "

" An AIDS-free generation would mean that virtually no child is born with HIV; that, as those children grow up, their risk of becoming infected is far lower than it is today; and that those who become infected can access treatment to help prevent them from developing AIDS and from passing the virus on to others. "

" The immune system's goal is to protect the body against invaders either from without, such as microbes, or from within, such as cancers and different types of neoplastic transformation. "

" Activism has been very productive in our society. "

" Even the pandemic flu of 1918 only killed one to two percent of the people who were infected. "