Voices from the H1N1 pandemic

The WHO acted appropriately at the time and with the information they had available. The rate of spread of the virus was phenomenal.' — Nigel Dimmock, Virologist and emeritus professor, Warwick University in Britain

'I don't think we had the kind of information that would have told us this was a very mild virus and was going to stay a very mild virus.' — Christophe Fraser, Epidemiologist at Imperial College London

'Perhaps they could improve public perception in the future by having pandemic scientific advisers who have no conflict of interest.' — Lone Simonsen, Epidemiologist at George Washington University

'We came into the pandemic with a very high expectation of deadliness. We are going to come into the next pandemic with a very low expectation of deadliness. And the next pandemic could be next week. Whatever it is, it is going to be incredibly hard to get people to take it seriously.' — Peter Sandman, Risk communications expert

via Voices from H1N1.