Dr. Nabarro
Dr. Nabarro
certainly next six within wrong
It is certainly within the next six to 12 months. And who knows, we've been wrong on other things, it could be earlier.
excellent saw work
I saw excellent work being done by Thailand.
call challenges dramatic face quite technical
Some of the challenges we face now are really quite dramatic and call for a lot of technical expertise.
alert cannot high might mutant pandemic remain starting sustained turn unpleasant virus
Unfortunately, we cannot tell when the mutation might happen, or where it might happen, or how unpleasant the mutant virus will turn out to be. Nevertheless, we must remain on high alert for the possibility of sustained human-to-human transmission and of a pandemic starting at any time.
sharing
I don't know why they are not sharing those samples.
sooner
Frankly, there will be a pandemic, sooner or later.
afford bird cannot cases disease fact flu human intervals means quite regular reported
We cannot afford to be in any way complacent. The fact that there are human cases of bird flu being reported at quite regular intervals now means that the disease is still quite serious.
expected move quite
We expected it to move, but not any of us thought it would move quite like this.
aware countries money move poor
Fingers-crossed, it's going to be a good-sized pledge. I think most of the countries are aware of the seriousness and the need to move money to poor countries.
money needed people services
Most people see this as a long-term challenge. The short-term money is needed because we have some services that are stretched, but we need a long-term approach.
among easily mutations needed
Only two mutations are needed for it to become easily transmissible among humans.
countries effective help programs required
They're what's required to help countries put in place their influenza programs and to get much better and effective control. They're also monies that are required by the international organizations.
confirmed human pandemic start starts
This is not the start of the pandemic. The start of the pandemic starts when there is human to human transfer, confirmed and sustained.
against bird certainly disturbing generally human pushing serious
Something generally disturbing is going on at the moment. It's certainly in the bird world, and it's pushing up against the human world in a serious way.