History Quote by David Quammen

“The other naturally occurring viruses, like ebola, are not durable enough to generate a runaway epidemic.”

— Martin J. Rees

Viruses have to live somewhere. They can only replicate in living creatures. So, when the Ebola virus disappears between outbreaks, it has to be…

— David Quammen

“equatorial Africa? Could it have arrived there in one soaring leap, leaving no traces in between? From southwestern Sudan to Manila is almost seven…

— David Quammen

The more cases of Ebola infection we have, the more chances there are for the virus to mutate in a particular way that adapts…

— David Quammen

In theory, and I think in practice, I am immune to the strain of Ebola that I was infected with. But there are five…

— Kent Brantly

“Ebola is a zoonosis. So is bubonic plague. So was the so-called Spanish influenza of 1918–1919, which had its ultimate source in a wild…

— David Quammen

We're shaking loose viruses and dislodging them from their natural ecological limitations, places where they aren't very abundant and have competition, even within a…

— David Quammen

“At first, many people infected with the zombie virus experienced similar symptoms to Ebola.”

— Andrew Cormier

Every time somebody new gets the Ebola virus, it mutates.

— Glenn Beck

The nature of Ebola is that health-care workers are predominantly affected because of the way that it is spread.

— Kent Brantly

Ebola's a terrifying disease.

— Kent Brantly

In our increasingly connected world, every virus is but a hop or two away: almost all humans are close enough to someone who flies…

— Zeynep Tufekci