The author weaves together the tales of several previous outbreaks in africa to describe clearly the potential damage such an outbreak could cause. For that youll have to go to richard prestons riveting the hot zone, the book that started it all. Audible wants to give you the most complete selection we can and well keep adding series and filling in gaps as quickly as possible. The hot zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hairraising account of the appearance. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Osterholm, mark olshaker, audiobook narrated by jamie renell. More so when i realized that i frequently visited the office park where the.
A vocabulary list featuring the hot zone by richard preston, part one. A secret military swat team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic hot virus. Preston uses visual language to illustrate how different the hot zone. The sixepisode miniseries, based on the 1994 best seller by. Forced to take refuge near the epicenter of the bioweapons outbreak. A major portion of the book is about this operation, which had to be conducted in secret, since public awareness could easily have meant widespread panic. Appropriate attire ppe should have been used in this situation when entering an idlh atmosphere, including use of self contained breathing apparatus scba and proper securing.
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