We've put huge resources into predicting tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes. HIV<br>AIDS is like an earthquake that's lasted 30 … - Nathan Wolfe

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All my cousins steal things. Theyre just a bunch of thieves. My whole family is like that. You put something down for a second, and they steal it. You never see it again.

Nathan Wolfe

We've put huge resources into predicting tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes. HIV
AIDS is like an earthquake that's lasted 30 years and touched every country on the planet. We have such incredible capacity to think about the future, it's time we used it to predict biological threats. Otherwise we'll be blindsided again and again.

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Don't assume that what we currently think is out there is the full story. Go after the dark matter, in whatever field you choose to explore.

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If an alien visited Earth, they would take some note of humans, but probably spend most of their time trying to understand the dominant form of life on our planet - microorganisms like bacteria and viruses.

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If you find diseases before they've really emerged, you can control them early on, before you get a major epidemic.

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I work to create systems that can accurately detect pandemics early, determine their likely importance, and, with any luck, crush those that have the potential to devastate us.

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The world can now maintain an acute infection in a way that is unprecedented in the history of life on our planet.

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