The Demon In The Freezer Quotes
"Journey Inward" captures the essence of self-discovery and introspection, encouraging us to look within for answers and growth.
"He would drink a Guinness or two in bars with his friends and explain the Constitution to them" reflects a blend of camaraderie and intellectual engagement, highlighting the importance of discussing ideas in social settings.
"There was something boyish about him" evokes a sense of innocence and curiosity, reminding us of the youthful spirit that persists regardless of age.
"Heraclitus said that when a man dies, a world passes away" offers a profound perspective on the significance of each individual life, suggesting that everyone carries a unique world within them.
"Sherif Zaki is a shy, quiet man in his late forties, with a gentle demeanor" introduces us to a character whose calm and reserved nature contrasts with the critical nature of his work, highlighting the diverse personalities that contribute to important fields.
"The terribly human look on the face of the deceased man disturbed Sherif Zaki" captures the emotional impact of confronting death, particularly for those in the medical and scientific fields.
"The smell of an autopsy is the smell of death becoming visible" starkly conveys the reality of mortality and the scientific pursuit to understand it.
"The virus had stripped the skin off his body, both inside and out" vividly describes the devastating physical effects of disease, reminding us of the vulnerability of the human body.
"If you believe smallpox is sitting in only two freezers, I have a bridge for you to buy" humorously addresses skepticism and invites readers to question assumptions.
"Viruses are nature's crowd control" offers a unique perspective on the role of viruses in the ecosystem, suggesting they serve a regulatory function in controlling populations.
"The human species became an accident with a poxvirus waiting to happen."
"Smallpox could be described as the first urban virus."
"The virus's genes suggest that it was once a rodent virus."
"By 400 B. C., The population of China had grown to twenty-five million people."
"In ancient Japan, smallpox arrived once in a while from China and Korea."
"Smallpox had reduced the population of the Western Hemisphere."
"Edward Jenner had discovered and named vaccination."
"The annihilation of the Small Pox, the most dreadful scourge of the human species, must be the final result of this practice."
"Variola may have caused a decline in the human population of Italy during the later years of the Roman empire."
"The Hindu religion has a goddess of smallpox, named Shitala Ma."
"It is hard to say whether Shitala Ma is a good goddess or a bad one."
"Ancient sub-Saharan Africa had a relatively scattered human population and remained largely free of smallpox."
"Variola had no reservoir of hosts in nature in which it could hide and continue to cycle if there was an attempt to eradicate it from people."
"The eradication of any virus was a hopeless task."
"The world was losing one and a half billion dollars a year in economic damage caused by illness and complications from the vaccine."
"The feeling was intoxicating to the eradicators."
"Unless you are in a position to be tough with people, you aren't going to go forward."
"Eradicating smallpox was the most fun I ever had."
"It was fun because we actually did it and because D. A. Was behind us."
"The execution date of smallpox, June 30th, 1999, began to loom."
"A monkey never lies down in front of a human if it can possibly help it."
"It was the cutting posture that strained her back."
"The hand is a symbol of humanity, part of what makes us human."
"The walls and shelves of the room were crowded with African and Asian sculptures."
"Nobody, except for a handful of people like Peter Jahrling, seemed to understand how bad the disease was."
"He thought that an antiviral drug for smallpox was a long shot that would waste resources."
"The genetic information in the Rahima strain could be kept, while Rahima and its fellow strains could be made extinct."
"The WHO had not officially made Vector the repository until 1998."
"Stockman poured Pedialyte into a syringe that had a long plastic tube on it. The monkey took the liquid in his mouth."
"He seemed to trust the people in the space suits."
"Harper couldn't chew, but he mouthed the mush and swallowed it."
"They discovered that he liked the red grapes best of all."
"Harper began to seem a little better, and he developed a passion for the grapes."
"Lisa Hensley had been phoning Peter Jahrling every day."
"Around June 10th, when the monkey had crusted, Stockman offered him a whole red grape."
"In late June, Jahrling brought some of the pictures to a meeting in Washington at the National Academy of Sciences."
"According to Jahrling, Henderson shoved the photograph into Jahrling's stomach, turned on his heel, and walked away without a word."
"Peter Jahrling felt that the experiments were successful."
"My blood pressure would come down twenty points if we didn't have to work with variola in monkeys," he said.
"Each of us who does animal research has to weigh in our own conscience what we do."
"Henderson went to work for the federal government on a Sunday night."
"Peter Jahrling had been in near-daily contact with Lisa Hensley and the monkey team in Atlanta after September 11th."
"On the morning of the 16th, the powder in the letter mailed to Senator Daschle was being studied."
"The scope had a Polaroid camera, and Geisbert began snapping pictures."
"Microbiologists are naturalists, and like naturalists everywhere, they like to collect examples of interesting creatures."
"Once the freezer's owner is gone, the freezer can just sit there unnoticed, a mystery freezer."
"Some of Steven Hatfill's claims about himself didn't check out."
"He felt that the biggest danger of Jahrling's research was that it would look suspicious to other countries."
"Smallpox was the only disease we know of for which there were deities."
"The human genome, coiled up in the chromosomes of every typical cell in the human body, consists of about three billion letters of DNA."
"The main thing that stands between the human species and the creation of a supervirus is a sense of responsibility among individual biologists."
"Virus engineering takes skill with the hands, and in time you develop speed."
"The appearance of a child's arm covered with smallpox pustules was something that our ancestors knew, but the arm had become a relic of history."
"The cities of the world are linked through a web of airline routes."