Quote(s) Of The Week - 3/16/20

“Get ready for a long haul. The 1918 flu had a blip in spring, slowed down over the summer, and then killed 50 million people in the fall. I am not an ID specialist, so I have no idea what to expect, but this could be here for a long time.”

From the Chair for the Department of Laboratory Medicine at one of the nation’s major academic center located in one of the epicenters for the Covid-19 outbreaks in the USA. The source is an email to colleagues across the nation who are preparing their labs to perform testing for the medical centers.