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“It’s perfectly possible to be smarter than everyone else and still be polite and even deferential—women have been doing it for centuries.”
― Jennifer Wright, Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them

“Parents refusing to vaccinate their children are doing something akin to allowing their kids to run about in traffic because they are irrationally afraid of sidewalks or they believe being struck by an oncoming car might be good in the long run.”
― Jennifer Wright, Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them

“Whenever someone begins pompously complaining that civilization is on a downhill slide, because people participate in harmless behaviors like taking selfies or watching reality television, a good response is to stare at them and respond, “You know, we used to burn people for being witches. That’s what people used to do in their spare time.”
― Jennifer Wright, Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them

“The takeaway from this story is that there is really only one thing we should collectively fear ending civilizations. It's not licentious behavior. If the biggest problem in your civilization is people having sex, you are doing great. It isn't even necessarily other countries attacking you because they hate you and all that you stand for. If you've got a big enough army you can fight them off. The real terror is plague. It's waiting out there, somewhere, under the ice or in a jungle. If it strikes and it can't be combatted effectively, it can take down an empire.”
― Jennifer Wright