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Jun. 5th, 2005 11:10 pmНаверное, отсутствие биологического образования сказывается, но от медицинских (а тем более, популярных медицинских) текстов всегда почему-то мурашки по коже. От увиденных где-то в 80-х первых панических роликов на тему СПИДа, до фильма про Эболу, реакция одинаковая. Вот и сейчас, когда я на 619 странице дошла до этого, стало совсем не по себе:
As the Homo sapiens population swells, surging past the 6 billion mark at the millenium, the opportunities for pathogenic microbes multiply. If, as some have predicted, 100 million of those people might then be infected with HIV, the microbes ill have an enormous pool of walking immune-deficient petri dishes in wich to thrive, swap genes, and undergo endless evolutionary experiments.
"We are in eternal competition. We have beaten out virtually every other species to the point where we may now talk about protecting our former predators", Joshua Lederberg told a 1994 Manhattan gathering of investment bankers. "But we're not alone at the top of the food chain".
As the Homo sapiens population swells, surging past the 6 billion mark at the millenium, the opportunities for pathogenic microbes multiply. If, as some have predicted, 100 million of those people might then be infected with HIV, the microbes ill have an enormous pool of walking immune-deficient petri dishes in wich to thrive, swap genes, and undergo endless evolutionary experiments.
"We are in eternal competition. We have beaten out virtually every other species to the point where we may now talk about protecting our former predators", Joshua Lederberg told a 1994 Manhattan gathering of investment bankers. "But we're not alone at the top of the food chain".
