![]() ![]() Rich in characters and conflict-physical, emotional, and ethical-Crisis in the Red Zone is a full immersion into one of the great public health calamities of our era, and a stark warning of viral outbreaks to come. CRISIS IN THE RED ZONE: THE STORY OF THE DEADLIEST EBOLA OUTBREAK IN HISTORY, AND OF THE OUTBREAKS TO COME BY RICHARD PRESTON. The ensuing global drama activated health professionals in North America, Europe, and Africa in a desperate race against time to contain the viral wildfire, and posed questions about the charged ethical dilemma over who should, and did, receive the rare doses of an experimental treatment with the power to save lives. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston is a non-fiction thriller, published in 1994, two years after his article Crisis in the Hot Zone appeared in The New. In this taut and suspenseful medical drama, Richard Preston chronicles the outbreak, in which we saw for the first time the specter of the virus jumping continents, crossing the Atlantic, and infecting people in America. The 2013-2014 Ebola epidemic was the deadliest ever-and the outbreaks continue. ![]() ![]() This is the gripping account of the doctors and scientists fighting to protect us, an urgent wake-up call about the future of emerging viruses-from the #1 bestselling author, of The Hot Zone. opened a door marked with a red toadshade, and stepped into the gray. Richard Preston tells an unforgettable story that explains the eruption of new, lethal viruses into the human species-viruses that have the power to infect anyone, anywhere. Military people consider this air lock a gray zone, a place where two worlds meet. ![]()
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