The bottom line here is that I have no doubt that we will control this importation or this case of Ebola so that it does not spread widely throughout this country. There's no doubt in my mind, we will stop it here.

It is the world's first Ebola epidemic, and it's spiraling out of control. It's bad now, and it's going to get worse in the very near future. There is still a window of opportunity to tamp it down, but that window is closing. We really have to act now.

I could not possibly overstate the need for an urgent response.

The level of outbreak is beyond anything we’ve seen - or even imagined.

Unfortunately, it is possible in the coming days that we will see additional cases of Ebola.

The bottom line here is that I have no doubt that we will control this importation or this case of Ebola so that it does not spread widely throughout this country. There's no doubt in my mind, we will stop it here.

Your longevity and health are more determined by your ZIP code than they are by your genetic code.