Quotes by Epidemics The diagnosis of drunkenness was that it was a disease for which the patient was in no way responsible, that it was created by existing saloons, and non-existing bright hearths, smiling wives, pretty caps and aprons. The cure was the patent nostrum of pledge-signing, a lying-made-easy invention, which like calomel, seldom had any permanent effect on the disease for which it was given, and never failed to produce another and a worse. Here the care created an epidemic of forgery, falsehood and perjury. Jane Swisshelm epidemicswifelying The history of interactions among disparate peoples is what shaped the modern world through conquest, epidemics and genocide. Those collisions created reverberations that have still not died down after many centuries, and that are actively continuing in some of the world's most troubled areas. Jared Diamond modernepidemicsworld It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans, in return for the many devastating epidemic diseases that Indians received from the Old World. Jared Diamond epidemicsnative-americangiving Although there have been warnings that it was coming for years, the Alzheimer's epidemic is here now and millions more families will be touched by this progressive - and ultimately fatal - disease unless its course can be altered. Jeanne Phillips alzheimersepidemicsyears We now have a national security consideration, public health issues, we have an epidemic of heroine overdoses in all places in this country because of the ease of bringing heroine in. We have to secure the border. Jeb Bush epidemicsissuescountry I think it's a major epidemic in women, faking orgasms. So many women in this world feel like they are put on this planet to please men, that they have to fake, and they never worry about their own pleasure. Jenna Jameson epidemicsmenthinking We can either continue to collectively stand on the sidelines and debate what is causing autism and if it is an epidemic or we can get on the field and start addressing the real problem - a generation of children with autism. We are not focusing enough on prevention, treatments and support services. Jenny McCarthy epidemicsrealchildren Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform. Jenny McCarthy autismepidemicsgovernment Epidemiologists study patterns in order to combat infection. Stories about epidemics follow patterns, too. Stories arent often deadly, but they can be virulent: spreading fast, weakening resistance, wreaking havoc. Jill Lepore epidemicsstoriesorder Epidemics follow patterns because diseases follow patterns. Viruses spread; they reproduce; they die. Jill Lepore virusesepidemicspatterns Right now we also have this epidemic of obesity and diabetes. Jill Stein obesityepidemicsright-now I'm not saying that McDonald's gift certificates caused the obesity epidemic, but in retrospect, the timing is kind of suspicious. Jim Gaffigan obesity-epidemicepidemicsmcdonalds NEGRO :; Member of a subgroup of the human race who hails, or whose ancestors hailed, from a chunk of land nicknamed not by its residents Africa. Superior to the Caucasian in that negroes did not invent nuclear weapons, the automobile, Christianity, nerve gas, the concentration camp, military epidemics, or the megalopolis. John Brunner epidemicsmilitaryrace Think about this: terrorism, epidemics, poverty, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction-all challenges that know no borders-the reality is that climate change ranks right up there with every single one of them. John F. Kerry epidemicsrealitythinking The assumption being that if high-risk children could be made to 'feel good about themselves,' these epidemics could be mitigated. ... This prescription, unfortunately, has proven to be yet another in a long list of nouveau homilies that haven't lived up to their promises. John Rosemond epidemicsself-esteemchildren We have an epidemic of sexual predators following our children, whether it be on the computers, whether it be in our public parks, whether it be in the workplace, or even our schools. Jon Porter epidemicschildrenschool Evil is relatively rare. Ignorance is epidemic. Jon Stewart epidemicsignoranceevil It is possible to create an epidemic of health which is self-organizing and self-propelling. Jonas Salk epidemicsentrepreneurself I've pretty much always used my positions as a bully pulpit. What that means is strongly advocating for the things I feel are really important. Gun violence, to me, is the highest-priority public-health issue, and I have to make sure Congress is aware of it, the American people are aware of it, the president is aware of it, and that we all begin together to develop policies to exterminate the disease - the epidemic, really - of gun violence. Joycelyn Elders epidemicsgunmean When you consider how epidemic boredom is in our time, you have to concede that entertaining is a healing art. Judith Martin epidemicshealingart«1234567891011»
