Ebola

I first read about Ebola a long time ago.

Now Ebola is in our part of the world.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/29/1333275/-Breaking-possible-first-imported-Ebola-Virus-Disease-case-Texas     Makes the case that no laws are broken when those who carry the virus arrive to our hemisphere. That these victims arrive through legal means.

However given our porous borders and that the government seems to prefer it that way, the article is, in my opinion, a means to support an agenda which takes attention off the many other paths which the virus can pass through into this country.

The book I read which was like reading a horror story, was written by a medical student, Michael Crichton http://www.michaelcrichton.net/books-andromedastrain-history.html

From the above link; "Bestseller"
"Written while Michael was still in medical school, The Andromeda Strain

Vogue Magazine, September 1970.

caused an immediate sensation: partly because the author was still in his twenties; partly because it focused on a biological crisis when most people were thinking about nuclear crises; and partly because of the cool, non-fiction tone it adopted to tell its story. Many people wrote to ask if the book was true. The author became a celebrity."

This was one of the most powerful books I have read.






From this book came another...




From; http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-hot-zone-richard-preston/1120492908?ean=9780385479561
  

The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

• by
• Richard Preston,
• Preston

Yes, ..."terrifying"... was/is the word most applicable.
Both books, given the ongoing Ebola scare are not going to make you comfortable.