LIVING TERRORS

作者: Michael T. Osterholm Ph.d 著

出版社: Random House US

出版时间: 2001-10

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780385334815

定价: 130.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 232页

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>工程技术

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　　America is one killer organism away from a living nightmarethat threatens all we hold dear....

  A deadly cloud of powdered anthrax spores settles unnoticed overa crowded football stadium.... A school cafeteria lunch is infectedwith a drug-resistant strain of E. coli.... Thousands in a bustlingshopping mall inhale a lethal mist of smallpox, turning eachindividual into a highly infectious agent of suffering anddeath....

  Dr. Michael Osterholm knows all too well the horrifying scenarioshe describes. In this eye-opening account, the nation’s leadingexpert on bioterrorism sounds a wake-up call to the terrifyingthreat of biological attack — and America’s startling lack ofpreparedness. 　

  He demonstrates the havoc these silent killers can wreak, exposesthe startling ease with which they can be deployed, and asksprobing questions about America’s ability to respond to suchattacks.

  Are most doctors and emergency rooms able to diagnose correctlyand treat anthrax, smallpox, and other potential tools in thebioterrorist’s arsenal? Is the government developing theappropriate vaccines and treatments?

  The answers are here in riveting detail — what America has andhasn’t done to prevent the coming bioterrorist catastrophe.Impeccably researched, grippingly told, Living Terrors presents theunsettling truth about the magnitude of the threat. And moreimportant, it presents the ultimate insider’s prescription forchange: what we must do as a nation to secure our freedom, ourfuture, our lives. 　　Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D, M.P.H., the former Minnesota Stateepidemiologist and former Chair and CEO, ican, INC., has been aninternationally recognized leader in the area of infectiousdiseases for the past two decades. He is the recipient of numeroushonors and awards from the CDC, NIH, FDA, and others, and served asa personal advisor to the late King Hussein of Jordan onbioterrorism. He has led numerous successful investigations intoinfectious disease outbreaks of global importance. A frequentlecturer around the world, he is Director of the Center forInfectious Disease Research and Policy and is a professor at theSchool of Public Health, University of Minnesota.

　　John Schwartz is a reporter at The New York Times; he coverstechnology and business. Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Tiny Killers

Chapter 2: The Invisible Man

Chapter 3: Where They Will Attack

Chapter 4: Ordinary Madness

Chapter 5: Tools of the Trade

Chapter 6: Living Terror

Chapter 7: Things Fall Apart

Chapter 8: Video Games and Tricorders

Chapter 9: Mitigated Disaster

Notes

Index
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　　America is one killer organism away from a living nightmarethat threatens all we hold dear....

  A deadly cloud of powdered anthrax spores settles unnoticed overa crowded football stadium.... A school cafeteria lunch is infectedwith a drug-resistant strain of E. coli.... Thousands in a bustlingshopping mall inhale a lethal mist of smallpox, turning eachindividual into a highly infectious agent of suffering anddeath....

  Dr. Michael Osterholm knows all too well the horrifying scenarioshe describes. In this eye-opening account, the nation’s leadingexpert on bioterrorism sounds a wake-up call to the terrifyingthreat of biological attack — and America’s startling lack ofpreparedness. 　

  He demonstrates the havoc these silent killers can wreak, exposesthe startling ease with which they can be deployed, and asksprobing questions about America’s ability to respond to suchattacks.

  Are most doctors and emergency rooms able to diagnose correctlyand treat anthrax, smallpox, and other potential tools in thebioterrorist’s arsenal? Is the government developing theappropriate vaccines and treatments?

  The answers are here in riveting detail — what America has andhasn’t done to prevent the coming bioterrorist catastrophe.Impeccably researched, grippingly told, Living Terrors presents theunsettling truth about the magnitude of the threat. And moreimportant, it presents the ultimate insider’s prescription forchange: what we must do as a nation to secure our freedom, ourfuture, our lives.
作者简介:
　　Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D, M.P.H., the former Minnesota Stateepidemiologist and former Chair and CEO, ican, INC., has been aninternationally recognized leader in the area of infectiousdiseases for the past two decades. He is the recipient of numeroushonors and awards from the CDC, NIH, FDA, and others, and served asa personal advisor to the late King Hussein of Jordan onbioterrorism. He has led numerous successful investigations intoinfectious disease outbreaks of global importance. A frequentlecturer around the world, he is Director of the Center forInfectious Disease Research and Policy and is a professor at theSchool of Public Health, University of Minnesota.

　　John Schwartz is a reporter at The New York Times; he coverstechnology and business.
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Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Tiny Killers

Chapter 2: The Invisible Man

Chapter 3: Where They Will Attack

Chapter 4: Ordinary Madness

Chapter 5: Tools of the Trade

Chapter 6: Living Terror

Chapter 7: Things Fall Apart

Chapter 8: Video Games and Tricorders

Chapter 9: Mitigated Disaster

Notes

Index

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