Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Remembering "The Hot Zone"


The first reports of this story out of Canada probably caused thousands of us to recall Richard Preston's scary account of an Ebola virus outbreak

Although Ebola has now been ruled out in the Canadian case, the book's premise that a deadly and highly contagious virus can be quickly spread due to modern air travel is one to ponder. The reports from Guinea also echo the book. 

A "molecular shark?"

[HT: Drudge Report]

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