“We’re screwed.”
Michael Osterholm, head of the Center for Infectious Disease Research at the University of Minnesota, on the impact of an H5N1 bird flu pandemic if it hit today (US News and World Report, 16 June)
“I will crack open the champagne. Absolutely.”
The UK government’s chief scientific adviser David King, on the prospect of getting a commitment to curb climate change at the G8 meeting (The Observer, London, 19 June)
“And that’s what they call science. It is totally absurd, obscene, inhumane and we want to stop it.”
Ian Campbell, Australia’s environment minister, on Japan’s plan to…
