The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story

"Truly terrifying" according to Illya Kuryakin. I read this book when it first came out in the 1990's. I'm writing this review now because, 1- the current (July 201Truly terrifying Illya Kuryakin I read this book when it first came out in the 1990's. I'm writing this review now because, 1- the current (July 2014) outbreak of Ebola is "the deadliest in recorded history," and 2- I've NEVER forgotten the book. I can honestly say that in a way, it scarred me for life. The book terrified me. The thi. ) outbreak of Ebola is "the deadliest in recorded history," and 2- I've NEVER forgotten the book. I can honestly say that in a way, it scarred me for life. The book terrified me. The thi. "there are like a billion aggressive ebola seeking hosts in a drop" according to Our Favorite Customer. Ebola Virus' history and lots of information about how a virus gets its name (location of victim) and who get's to name the strain (researcher who isolates it) and how transmission pathways are determined and when Ebola first "jumped" across a room from infected to "clean" monkeys in a lab because it h. I like to think it is my third eye I have a red dot in the center of my forehead--right between my eyes. It is called a cherry angioma. I like to think it is a my third eye, my sixth sense manifested. I tend to have a knack for tuning into things that become immediately relevant in my life and I like to think this was the case with pick

In a few days, 90 percent of its victims are dead. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. There is no cure. A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race