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Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey
The Demon in the Freezer: The Terrifying Truth About the Threat from Bioterrorism - Richard Preston
Basically it talks about Anthrax (the events after the scares in America) - and smallpox - and how sooner or later, someone, somewhere is going to use smallpox as a biological weapon, and depending on what they've done with it, it may or may not just tear through the vaccine.
I don't think he's got a great style of writing, but it's an interesting read..
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I've got a couple of Richard Preston books I'd recommend
1) "The Hot Zone" - true story of an Ebola outbreak in a monkeyhouse in the US. Very good, & scary as it's true.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...589911-8934238
2) "The Cobra Event" - fictional story about a bioterror incident in the US. Excellent read.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...589911-8934238
And, in a similar vein to "Demon in the Freezer":
"Biohazard", by Ken Alibek.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...589911-8934238
"Germs, the Ultimate Weapon", by Judith Miller et al.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...589911-8934238
"Plague Wars - A True Story of Biological Warfare", by Tom Mangold & Jeff Goldberg.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...589911-8934238
All very interesting.