Living terrors : what America needs to know to survive the coming bioterrorist catastrophe

Synopsis

A deadly cloud of anthrax spores settles unnoticed over a crowded football stadium.... A drug-resistant strain of E. coli spreads to thousands of children through an elementary school kitchen.... A lethal mist of smallpox disappears into the air of a shopping mall on the busiest day of the year.... These three scenarios provide the backdrop for a chilling expose? of our vulnerability to bioterrorism. An adviser to government & industry, & a frequent guest on radio & television, including "60 Minutes," noted epidemiologist Michael Osterholm knows the devastation that these invisible, silent killers can deliver--and is convinced it is just a matter of time before we see such an attack on American soil. LIVING TERRORS dramatizes in shocking, instructive detail what these contagions could unleash & exposes an American infrastructure that is unprepared to respond to such a threat. The authors then use their expertise to create a multipoint plan to correct our weakness, & prepare the nation to combat viral war.