(82 quotes found)
“The slow-witted approach to the HIV epidemic was the result of a thousand years of Christian malpractice and the childlike approach of the church to sexuality. If any single man was responsible, it was Augustine of Hippo who murdered his way to sainthood spouting on about the sins located in his genitals.”
Derek Jarman
“Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.”
Wallace Stevens
“The epidemic of avian flu can now spread on a global scale.”
Bernard Vallat
“The HIV epidemic is a global catastrophe, ... It is compounded by tremendous inequalities in care that must be dealt with now, not only for moral and ethical reasons, but also because of political, social and economic imperatives.”
Bruce Walker
“It's a silent epidemic in many ways, overshadowed and ignored perhaps because it is not considered a 'illegal' drug.”
Charles Curie
“The epidemic is spreading from the most at-risk population to the general population as infections through unprotected sex are on the rise.”
Chen Jie
“Reasonable use of these enforcement tools is what we have. If abuse becomes epidemic, Congress should change the law. But we haven't seen any sign of that.”
Clay Shaw
“Just as we conquered the SARS epidemic in 2003, we will surely conquer bird flu as well,”
Wen Jiabao
“We can't let it go because it's escalated. It's like an epidemic right now.”
Connie Baker
“Any health ministry that presides over the spread of an epidemic like this one has much to answer for,”
Zwelinzima Vavi
