"It is a remarkable fact that smallpox, a……" — Michael Specter
"It is a remarkable fact that smallpox, a scourge for thousands of years, has now vanished from the earth, except for two tiny vials, one locked in a highly secure facility at the Centers for Disease Control, in Atlanta, and another stored in a similarly secure vault in Siberia."
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Michael Specter
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39 Quotes by Michael Specter
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People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free.…
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Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don't take anything for granted. But here's the thing: When you get…
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We are inhabited by as many as ten thousand bacterial species; these cells outnumber those which we consider our own…
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The passengers in our microbiome contain at least four million genes, and they work constantly on our behalf: they manufacture…
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If left untreated, Lyme disease can be crippling, yet it is a difficult illness to contract: a tick needs to…
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I moved from Moscow to Rome with my family and two bicycles in 1998, and spent a lot of that…
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Even a two-degree climb in average global temperatures could cause crop failures in parts of the world that can least…
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Although it may seem callous to say so, millions of Americans are lucky that Magic Johnson was infected with H.I.V.…
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One morning every spring, for exactly two minutes, Israel comes to a stop. Pedestrians stand in place, drivers pull over…
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Much of modern molecular biology and microbiology has been based on the effort to decipher the basic code of life,…
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I have covered wars, before the epidemic began and since. They are all ugly and painful and unjust, but for…
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Why do people refuse to vaccinate their children against measles or whooping cough? In many cases, because they have never…
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