The more cases of Ebola infection we have, the more chances there are for the virus to mutate in a particular way that adapts it well to living in humans, replicating in humans, and perhaps transmitting from human to human.
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Related Vaccination of birds is the forefront of combating this infection. If we do not put a barrier to thi... EDUARD DZHAVADOV The only difference is that in Asia there are more chickens living in close proximity to humans. The... BOUBACAR SECK There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from ... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE We must act now to prevent further spread of EBOLA VIRUS. If we do not act collectively, EBOLA VIRUS... LAILAH GIFTY AKITA One must simply take the days of their lives as they happen. If you spend time worrying over what is... R.J. GONZALES Now is everything Now is the essence Now is the focus Focus on the now For that ... KAREN HACKEL Smiling at death seems like a pretty bold act. And so I smile like a damned fool. EMM COLE Pursuit of contentment is not the pursuit of an elusive tomorrow; it is the celebration of today. In... MAJID KAZMI Creativity is not just thinking outside the box but living outside it. 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JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER Beautify your breath – beautify your life. AMIT RAY From the perspective of a general human being – a non-scientist, the most valuable element of the ... ABHIJIT NASKAR Rise to become human again, my friend. Become the human, that talks humans, acts humans and lives hu... ABHIJIT NASKAR This virus is not yet adapted to humans, it is not capable of human-to-human transmission and until ... ZSUZSANNA JAKAB If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath. AMIT RAY Leave the problems of God to God and karma to karma. Today you're here and nothing you do will chang... JAMES CLAVELL Why should humans in their unsurity decide what species are and are not important to humans? Is natu... IVAN URLAUB To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... Write to Say something, Say to Make something, Make to Be something. SHASHIDHAR SA Old robots are becoming more human and young humans are becoming more like robots. LORIN MORGAN-RICHARDS I have always wished the present to resemble memory: because the present can be flat at times, and b... LYDIA MILLET I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea... RICHARD YATES She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING I’d wish it were easier to not allow other people’s pasts to create my own present. JONATHAN HARNISCH As long as H5N1 remains a bird virus, the threat to human health is not grave. But influenza viruses... DR. CARISSA ETIENNE In the laboratory, this compound has been able to block the virus -- all the virus strains that we h... AMY PATICK A person who lives truly in present time is dependent on oneself only not on sycophants’ people. ANUJ SOMANY The Buddha told him, "When we sit, we know we are sitting. When we walk, we know we are walking. Whe... THICH NHAT HANH She plucked the blossoms from the bag and arranged them, one by one, in the water glass on her dress... SARAH JIO Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today. SOPHOCLES To him, even the momentary was momentous. G.K. CHESTERTON You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the... JAN GLIDEWELL Sylvia possessed a deeply conditioned respect for authority. She wanted desperately to live up to th... ELIZABETH WINDER We'll likely see more cases this coming winter. It's not surprising. If there are more outbreaks, it... APHALUCK BHATIASEVI The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Whenever we go to a new technology, there are some cautious steps that should be taken. More studies... DR. SURESH MITTAL When we have a child infected we are giving the virus more chance to adapt to human beings, and givi... DR. GUENAEL RODIER Wild animals are less wild and more human than many humans of this world MUNIA KHAN Very often the animal models that exist for a particular disease really don't authentically replicat... EVAN SNYDER Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY I think in my work that one of the ways in which we elicit trust in a human is to have the machine d... JUSTINE CASSELL Some "humans" need to evolve into animals first as the highest form of their "saintship" if they asp... LANA RADOVIC Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward. ERIC ROTH Abiding does not mean sitting idly by. It means resting in the work, resting in the moment, resting ... ROBIN BERTRAM The Christian image of God is that of a rational being who believes in human progress, more fully re... RODNEY STARK I have better understanding how difficult and complex life can be, fortunately I know when not to ta... SHELLIE PALMER Property rights are not the rights of property; they are the rights of humans with regard to propert... DAVID FRIEDMAN Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some r... DANIEL EVERETT To have the time to reminisce is one of the futures gifts. Don't think to much, don't live to fast, ... CALVIN WILSON We are the masters of our own destinies we shape and mould our lives into to the circumstances surro... GARY F EVANS... Wake every morning with the same feeling. Live up high and fly on top of the ceiling. I just know th... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE Cruelty to humans and animals resides in the evilness of man. A godly man will not harm in a cruel w... NORM TOMLINSON Let's dream for living in a world where animals are equally respected as humans. It's also high time... CHANDRABABU V.S. May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Don't let any one show you the ropes to the world because usually it will be in the shape of a noose... ANDONI GARCIA I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... Bear in mind, practice is more important than principle. Principles without practice is worthless. H... ABHIJIT NASKAR We need to embrace every day and enjoy it as much as we can. KAREN TODD SCARPULLA In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, a... HAYAO MIYAZAKI I'd rather be on the ground than under To feel the heavy rain and the thunder. ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES The virus this particular year that is most prominent is called the California strain. This particul... DR. ART MOLLEN Life doesn't happen to you, it happens FROM you. GREGG KORROL Human nature can be described in three words. Curious, intelligent, and violent. Humans have mastere... JOVIAN KRYNICKI I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Even as we live with the knowledge that each day might be our last, we don’t want to believe it. SHARON SALZBERG No one should let yesterday use up too much of today. Easy to say, hard to live. ANDREA HAIRSTON They (the dead) were certainly all in contact with the same source of infection, but they (the WHO t... FADELA CHAIB Things were a little untidy, but what did that matter? It was possible to become the slave of things... ELIZABETH VON ARNIM To live in the present, you need to act or accept but never stay stuck. JOHN KUYPERS With everything going on in my life – going on in my head – I wanted to talk with you. Really ta... JAY ASHER As a bird takes flight, there is no fear of falling. Its is a bird and birds fly. You are a human an... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE I've written a number of books that have to do with the evolution of humans, human intelligence,... CARL SAGAN It turns out that the way humans are made, the software-based approach seems to have much more succe... EDWARD CASTRONOVA To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you r... MANDY HALE Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live a... KILROY J. OLDSTER All of the cases confirmed by the laboratory are people who had close contact with infected, sick or... GUENAEL RODIER There is no such thing as predestined. Human destiny in the human world is determined by none but th... ABHIJIT NASKAR Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself. MANDY HALE we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI If that's true, we still have time to monitor the key genetic changes that would enable (the H5N1 vi... DR. ROBERT B. BELSHE If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fu... ROY BENNETT There is a reduction in the diversity of breeds in order to have the fastest growth, and animals are... CAROLINE LUCAS Social media allows us to behave in ways that we are hardwired for in the first place - as humans. W... FRANCOIS GOSSIEAUX Idleness is a form of passivity in an active universe. MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it... THOMAS S. MONSON If you are a card-carrying human being, chances are that you share the same fear as all other humans... IYANLA VANZANT As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the... NASH GRIER
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