“If you withdraw the incredible focus on polio, it will spread back, and in poor countries you'll get something like 100,000 cases a year. So by being very intense and getting the cases down to zero, what you do is you avoid all the future cases.” IfsYearsCountryPoorCasesFocusIncrediblesSpreadIntenseZeroPoor CountriesPolio Author:Bill Gates
“The main problem, certainly, for the people who will not get vaccinated with Thimerosal, which was put into polio vaccine. And the belief was that it may cause autism. And there's been an awful lot done in terms of studies in Western Europe, Canada, the United States, and no correlation was found between Thimerosal and autism from those children who took vaccines. Indeed, when Thimerosal was taken out of many of these vaccines, the autism rate in the United States still rose.” PeopleMayChildrenStillsStatesDoneProblemFoundBeliefCausesTermUnitedUnited StatesStudyTakenEuropeRoseWesternRateAwfulCanadaAutismVaccinesCorrelationPolioWestern EuropePolio Vaccine Author:David Oshinsky
“So, obviously, autism - which is the key in this - is a very big problem. We need more studies about it. We certainly have to try to figure out what causes it and why and do something about it. But to tab it to vaccines, I think, is a real mistake. Not only is there no evidence, but what it leads to is larger numbers of unvaccinated children. And that's not only a problem for polio. It's a problem for a wide range of vaccine-preventable diseases.” ThinkingNeedsTryingChildrenRealProblemBigsCausesNumbersMistakeStudyFiguresKeysDiseaseEvidenceWideRangeAutismVaccinesBig ProblemsPolio Author:David Oshinsky
“Vaccines [measles] have been proven to be safe, and what happens if you don't take vaccines is children get measles and die. So the anti-vaccine crowd has, you know, kept measles around in a way that - you know, it's a tragedy, because so much is done to make sure these things are safe.” IfsKnowsWayChildrenHas BeensDoneHappensDiesSafeTragedyCrowdsProvenVaccinesMeasles Author:David Oshinsky
“What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We have the weight and burden of history.” PeopleDifferentBlackResponsibilityWeightBurdenShouldersBlack PeopleDeficitPersonal Responsibility Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates
“I can give you high blood pressure just on the phone by criticizing you. On the other hand, I can send a tweet to somebody in China and give them a dopamine hit.” GivingI CanHandsBloodPressurePhonesChinaCriticizeTweetDopamineBlood PressureHigh Blood Pressure Author:Deepak Chopra
“The whole material world. It doesn't actually exist. Matter is not material. It's made up of atoms that are moving at lightning speeds around huge empty spaces. So as you go beyond the appearance of molecules, you end up with a subatomic world, and if you go beyond that you end up with nothing. Nothing is the source of everything.” IfsWorldMadeEndsMatterWholeMovingSpaceMaterialsHugeSourceEmptyAppearanceSpeedAtomsLightningMoleculesEmpty SpaceMaterial World Author:Deepak Chopra
“Clare Fischer was a major influence on my harmonic concept. He and Bill Evans, and Ravel and Gil Evans, finally. You know, that's where it really came from. Almost all of the harmony that I play can be traced to one of those four people and whoever their influences were.” PeopleKnowsPlayFourInfluenceMajorsConceptsHarmonyBillsFischerRavel Author:Herbie Hancock
“Aromatherapy is extremely useful. If you want to go to sleep at night, and you have an aroma that calms your mind, it will help you sleep.” IfsWantMindHelpingNightSleepCalmGoing To SleepAromaAromatherapy Author:Deepak Chopra