99 Ways to Die Quotes

“The rate of refusal of recommended childhood vaccinations is a commentary on the failing educational and public health systems in the US. There are families in many countries that beg for access to vaccines, while in the United States, vaccine privilege has created opportunities for malignant misinformation and sometimes willful ignorance.”
― Ashely Alker, MD, 99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them

“when humans don’t understand why something happens, we make it up.
Why does the sun rise in the east and set in the west? That’s the direction of the Greek god Helios’s chariot.
How did zebras get stripes? A zebra got burned walking through a baboon’s fire.
How did the novel coronavirus spread so quickly? 5G towers.”
― Ashely Alker, MD, 99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them

“Ebola is an odd and terrifying disease, so its likely source is fitting: bats. Bats are believed to have transmitted the disease to mammals such as antelopes, chimps, and gorillas, and then the virus was spread to humans through contact with the aforementioned animals, including bats. Don't touch bats.”
― Ashely Alker, MD, 99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them