《living terrors》是2001年Random House US出版社出版的圖書，作者是Michael T. Osterholm Ph.d。
基本介紹
- 中文名：living terrors
- 作者：Michael T. Osterholm Ph.d
- 出版社：Random House US出版社
- ISBN：9780385334815
內容簡介,圖書目錄,作者簡介,
內容簡介
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 pre*ion forchange: what we must do as a nation to secure our freedom, ourfuture, our lives.
圖書目錄
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
作者簡介
Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D, M.P.H., the former Minnesota State epidemiologist and former Chair and CEO, ican, INC., 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. A frequent lecturer around the world, he is Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy and is a professor at the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.John Schwartz is a reporter at The New York Times; he covers technology and business.
