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Killer Strain, The
By: Marilyn W. ThompsoneBook Publisher: HarperCollins
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A lethal germ is unleashed in the U.S. mail. A chain of letters spreads terror from Florida to Washington, D.C., from New York to Connecticut, from the halls of Congress to the assembly lines of the U.S. Postal Service. Five people die, and ten thousand more line up for antibiotics to protect against exposure. The government, already outsmarted by the terrorist hijackers of 9/11, leaves its workers vulnerable and a diabolical killer on the loose.
Based on hundreds of hours of interviews and a review of thousands of pages of government documents, The Killer Strain is the definitive account of the year in which bioterrorism became a reality in the United States. Revealing the little-known victims and unsung heroes in the anthrax debacle, investigative reporter Marilyn Thompson also examines the FBI's slow-paced investigation of the crimes and the unprecedented scientific challenges posed by the case.
The Killer Strain , more than just a thrilling read, is also a clarion wake-up call. It shows how billions of dollars and a decade of elaborate bioterror dress rehearsals meant nothing in the face of a real attack -- and how we may still be at risk.
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| Title of Technology eBook: Killer Strain, The | |
| Release Date: 10-05-2010 | |
| Publisher: HarperCollins e-books |
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| SKU | 9780062013477 |
| File size | 334 |
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Killer Strain, The
Chapter One
In the FieldOctober 19, 2001
Stafford,Virginia
By the time Leroy Richmond awoke, the lethal spores had settled into his lungs, but of course he did not know it. He felt hot and achy, and wondered if he might be coming down with the flu. It was before dawn on Friday, a regular workday at the U.S. Postal Service, and Richmond did not indulge thoughts of staying home. His wife, Susan, often complained that he was married to the job -- a "worka-holic" -- but he looked forward to each day of handling express mail at the cavernous Brentwood Mail Processing and Distribution Center in Washington, D.C.
Richmond slowly rolled out of bed and washed and dressed as usual, trying to ignore the erratic fever he had been battling for several days. He would feel bad and then suddenly better, a phenomenon known in the medical literature as an "eclipse."He had been treating his symptoms with common aspirin, a laughable remedy given the virulent nature of the bacteria infecting him, like confronting an attacking tiger with a pellet gun. The aspirin made him feel better, but the relief was perilously deceptive. Microscopic rod-shaped germs arrayed in long, narrow chains incubated in the warm recesses of his chest, mustering for a stealthy assault. Within hours, they would send two toxins surging through Richmond's bloodstream, poisons that could render powerless the most potent treatments. His lungs would bleed and swell with germ-clouded liquid. The pressure would threaten his heart, and he would drift in and out of consciousness, breathing weakly through a respirator. Statistically, he had a slim chance of beating the pathogen unleashed inside his body.
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