Patch Grief with Proverbs

Immunity is advantageous. With immunity, you can operate fearlessly in the presence of noxious predators such as H1N1, anthrax, and prosecuting attorneys. Without immunity, your choices are (a) accept risk, (b) get immunized, and (c) avoid exposure. Daniel E. GeerJr. In-Q-Tel Daniel G. Conway Augustana College In the medical world, immunization is based on the body building resistance when it\´s exposed to a non-lethal form of the infection. ("We" don\´t create immunity; we just create the conditions in which it can be cultured.) In the digital world, immunization is based on injecting the immunizing agent directly, perhaps having built that agent by reversing an in-the-wild pathogen. In both the medical and the digital worlds, pathogenic mutation is evolution in action.