Plagues and the Paradox of Progress Quotes

“The oral rehydration salts first pioneered by Nalin and Cash and distributed by Bangladesh's innovative NGOs have not only prevented millions of unnecessary and preventable deaths but have also been one of a handful of cheap, lifesaving interventions that have enabled cities in developing countries to grow beyond the limits of their poverty and infrastructure. In doing so, these humble salts have assisted at the birth of a true anomaly in human history: poor world cities.”
― Thomas J. Bollyky, Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways

“The developing countries that are experiencing the fastest transition from infectious to noncommunicable diseases are also the same nations that are least prepared for it.”
― Thomas J. Bollyky, Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways

“the way infectious diseases are declining in recent decades is different from how they have declined in the past, and that difference, when combined with broader global changes, is producing deeply worrisome consequences for the future.”
― Thomas J Bollyky, Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways

“With the improvement in child survival and declining fertility, the rate of women’s participation in the workforce more than doubled, from 12 percent in 1870 to 26 percent in 1940.”
― Thomas J Bollyky, Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways

“It is easy to be taken with McNeill’s landmark book and the other great histories of infectious disease. They tell fascinating stories about the role of microbes in the Spanish conquest of Latin America, the collapse of feudalism, the invention of the printing press, and the delayed colonization of Africa.”
― Thomas J Bollyky, Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways