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Living Terrors: What America Needs to Know to Survive the Coming Bioterrorist Catastrophe - Hardcover
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An epidemiologist and expert on biological terrorism takes a chilling look at America's potentially devastating vulnerability to a bio-weapon attack and outlines specific strategies--both for individuals and the nation as a whole--for preventing and responding to such threats. 30,000 first printing.
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Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D, M.P.H., the former Minnesota State epidemiologist and chair and CEO, ican, INC. (www.icaninc.net), has been an internationally recognized leader in the area of infectious diseases for the past two decades. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards from the CDC, NIH, FDA, and others, and served as a personal advisor to the late King Hussein of Jordan on bioterrorism. He has led numerous successful investigations into infectious disease outbreaks of global importance. He is a frequent lecturer around the world and is an adjunct professor in the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
John Schwartz is a reporter at The Washington Post; he writes about science and technology and their impact on society.
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ll tell you what that will mean when the inevitable happens, and what we as a nation can and must do now to protect ourselves, our families, and the basic elements of our society that bioterrorism puts at risk.
You will also learn why the billions being spent to combat terrorism miss the mark when it comes to fighting microbial terror. It will show why biological terrorism is becoming so much more likely, and examines the challenges of government response to it.
The book you hold in your hands is a manifesto, urging each of us to prepare for the inevitable or pay a stupendous toll in human lives. It lays out a prescription for survival--for our nation, and for us all.
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