Although we are developing a better understanding of the biology, epidemiology and evolution of species jumps, we are not yet able to predict future infectious disease threats.
Mark Woolhouse
Related We are here because over billions of years, countless variables fell into place, any of which could ... WENDY MASS If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... Germ theory, which secularized infectious disease, had a side effect: it sacralized epidemiology. JILL LEPORE The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f... ARZELL Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van... SATHESH KUMAR M We are gaining more understanding of the pathology and mechanisms behind the development of cerebral... CATHERINE GIBSON Aliens have been here for millennium. But they didn't come in spaceships. They came in orange s... ANTHONY T. HINCKS I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Air is approximately 21% oxygen, our brains feed off of oxygen. So basically we are all airheads. ANDONI GARCIA Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One DANIEL GILMAN Are shadows a shadowy reflection of the soul or is it a reflection of who we really are, or possibly... GARY F EVANS... We are this fucking stick in the end... DEYTH BANGER You can find sorrow in the arithmetic, and you can find a bittersweet hope. DAVID LEVITHAN You are worth more than you think you are SOTONYE ANGA Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live. The universe may for... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL Empathy is a bridge. Our sufferings connect us. Let pain make you softer. AKIROQ BROST Outside... we are just nobody... you could meet me outside... but it doesn't mean that I am DeYtH Ba... DEYTH BANGER Come on... come on... I am waiting for answer... ... Silence doesn't make it... bet... DEYTH BANGER What, the glass is half-full instead of half-empty? Bullshit. What they don't tell you is that regar... T.J. KLUNE If we're honest, most of us are doing okay. CRAIG GROESCHEL Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever. SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON What is the meaning of life…to give life meaning. CLIFFORD COHEN Every little gracious act adds to the quotient of grace in the world - how gracious can you be today... ANGIE KARAN What we've seen is what we would expect. Infectious disease outbreaks are not common following hurri... ALI KHAN A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space. ALBERT EINSTEIN It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that ... DOUGLAS COUPLAND You certainly believe in the power of love. And throughout the series, you see how love shows itself... MOUTASEM ALGHARATI So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL We should be afraid of the development of CANCEROUS SOCIETIES as we are afraid of developing CANCER ... REEM AL OLABY Sometimes we represent our weakness as if it were bad. We don’t think it’s okay to be weak…We ... HENRY CLOUD Clearly, we are a species that is well connected to other species. Whether or not we evolve from the... GEORGE M. CHURCH Politicians need a better understanding of global ecology. We need to be freed from our species-spec... LYNN MARGULIS The chakras in your body are as to galaxies on the body of God. L.J. VANIER We are responsible for ourselves and each other. RODEL NATIVIDAD CASIO We are here to create, not destroy. VIKTORIJA GRUMBLYTė The first questions to be asked and answered in every contingency of life being: How will this thoug... ALDOUS HUXLEY There are some exciting new molecular-targeted drugs that are helpful, and we're understanding the m... JAY BROOKS It takes great courage to write great books. Find your courage and find your voice. KRISTEN LAMB Persistence can look a lot like stupid. KRISTEN LAMB We are to get wisdom and understanding, yet we are not to lean on it apart from the Lord. JOHN C. MAXWELL Our oceans are facing innumerable threats - from overfishing and pollution to ocean acidification an... PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR. Forecasting is simply not a strength of the species; we are much better with tools and narrative sto... BARRY RITHOLTZ Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD We are so arrogant, we forget that we are not the reason for evolution, we are not the point of evol... TED DANSON This is a real condition. It's not just in someone's mind. We need a better understanding of this di... DR. ROSHINI RAJAPAKSA As mechanistic biologists, we are hoping that by understanding how the virus works at the molecular ... JENNIFER DOUDNA Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE I knew there was something peculiar about you," she said. "And I mean that as the highest compliment... RANSOM RIGGS We are custodians. We are stewards. Our actions are being watched by others around us. Someone is lo... ANGIE KARAN We should not blame people by the mistakes of others. DANIEL MELGAçO Unless biology is geared toward an evolution perspective, we are going to a dead-end. Our science co... DR BERHANE ASFAW We're all in this together. You are not alone. All lines and divisions are artificial. We are one. W... AKIROQ BROST What Does It Matter What We Believe, as long as we treat others the way we want to be treated? JEFFREY A. WHITE In periods of rapid personal change, we pass through life as though we are spellcast. We speak in se... DOUGLAS COUPLAND But I don’t want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.'Oh, you can’t help that,' said the Cat... LEWIS CARROLL Perhaps there is nothing wrong with being childish and naïve. Perhaps naivety is simply the unwilli... VIRONIKA TUGALEVA Our failures in charity are chained to a narrowed vision of the world that makes too much of the dif... REBECCA GOLDSTEIN Everything passes by, and we are left with just our memories BEN OAK You would be much amused with the animals round the ranch. THEODORE ROOSEVELT We need to know the species identities in order to understand how freshwater communities are changin... DEREK J. TAYLOR In my opinion, Ontario is better prepared for infectious disease emergencies than we were three year... DR. SHEELA BASRUR Darwin's theory of evolution is a framework by which we understand the diversity of life on Eart... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Our society is very, very good at developing certain types of skills and certain types of genius. We... BILL JAMES There's been a dearth of innovation around infectious disease. We want more people to pay attention ... BROOK BYERS I've never been able to predict the future of anything. BOB EDWARDS What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear mor... JAMES HANSEN We've gone from a preponderance of acute and infectious disease as a source of premature death t... HARVEY V. FINEBERG We, of all the beings that we know of, can think. We can eat, write, build, save. We can predict, es... TARUN BETALA We live in an exciting time. We now know more than ever about our biology and about our history, all... SCOTT SOLOMON There are some universal rules governing human travel and they can be used to develop a new class of... DR DIRK BROCKMANN There are some universal rules governing human travel and they can be used to develop a new class of... DR. DIRK BROCKMANN The waves of love roll throughout the Universe, and overflow in our hearts.. Everything is ONE! DAVE ZEBIAN To not be optimistic about the human race, would be a disregard of the power of the Spirit who creat... MARTIN SUAREZ The awakening is finally realizing that you are a part of God, like a single cell that finally sees ... L.J. VANIER We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate one a... PIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDIN We must constantly remind ourselves that we are the image and likeness of God SOTONYE ANGA We are transitioning rapidly from a traditional manufacturing and agricultural society to a competit... MICHAEL HARRIS Facebook is developing, and so are we. Timeline is a big step in the evolution of how we manage our ... JOE GREEN Tourism leaders are gaining a better understanding of the value of .travel, and as more and more tou... RON ANDRUFF That's because we looked at what happened in the 1918 pandemic. That caused the greatest number of d... DICK THOMPSON We like to have the measurements for several reasons. One is for scientific purposes, so we can get ... JASON SCHRATWIESER I can't even predict the complications that we are going to have to deal with in the future, ... And... LAMAN GRAY Love more, hurt less. Laugh more, cry less. Live more, worry less. Give more, take less. Hug more, f... ABHISHEK KUMAR If we don't get obesity under control with our children, we are going to continue to have more kids ... ELIZABETH PIVONKA We have to be buying resources that are relevant to today's threats, not to the threats of 10 or 15 ... JOHN REID We need to move from the existing culture of compliance in cybersecurity to developing a culture of ... ARZAK KHAN This is the first time that a global network of [Rockefeller-directed infectious disease surveillanc... KLAUS STOHR Biology is far from understanding exactly how a single cell develops into a baby, but research sugge... KENNETH R. MILLER In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the pers... OLIVER SACKS The only deadly disease I have seen that is causing great harm and massacre latently yet the world h... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The hope is we will one day be able to identify the highest-risk groups and intervene early to preve... ALLAN REISS Everyone is the Umbrella Man and he is everyone. Every cough, sneeze, smile and wave means both ever... CRAIG CLEVENGER I think we're going to move from a Homo sapiens into a Homo evolutis:... a hominid that takes di... JUAN ENRIQUEZ We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changi... BARBARA JORDAN
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