Crisis in the Red Zone

Posted on 10 October 2018 by Richard Preston

The 2013 2014 Ebola epidemic was the deadliest ever but the outbreaks continue Now comes a gripping account of the doctors and scientists fighting to protect us, an urgent wake up call about the future of emerging viruses from the 1 bestselling author of The Hot Zone, soon to be a National Geographic original miniseries.This time, Ebola started with a two year old child who likely had contact with a wild creature and whose entire family quickly fell ill and died The ensuing global drama activated health professionals in North America, Europe, and Africa in a desperate race against time to contain the viral wildfire By the end as the virus mutated into its deadliest form, and spread farther and faster than ever before 30,000 people would be infected, and the dead would be spread across eight countries on three continents.In this taut and suspenseful medical drama, Richard Preston deeply chronicles the outbreak, in which we saw for the first time the specter of Ebola jumping continents, crossing the Atlantic, and infecting people in America Rich in characters and conflict physical, emotional, and ethical Crisis in the Red Zone is an immersion in one of the great public health calamities of our time.Preston writes of doctors and nurses in the field putting their own lives on the line, of government bureaucrats and NGO administrators moving, often fitfully, to try to contain the outbreak, and of pharmaceutical companies racing to develop drugs to combat the virus He also explores the charged ethical dilemma over who should and did receive the rare doses of an experimental treatment when they became available at the peak of the disasterCrisis in the Red Zone makes clear that the outbreak of 2013 2014 is a harbinger of further,severe outbreaks, and of emerging viruses heretofore unimagined in any country, on any continent In our everinterconnected world, with roads and towns cut deep into the jungles of equatorial Africa, viruses both familiar and undiscovered are being unleashed intodensely populated areas than ever before.Thewe discover about the virosphere, thewe realize its deadly potential Crisis in the Red Zone is an exquisitely timely book, a stark warning of viral outbreaks to come. Best Read Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard Preston For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Wow, wow, just wow A good thriller is that much scarier when IT S FREAKING REAL.Review to come, but first I need to bathe, to scrub my skin raw and try to shake the feeling that everything and everyone I ve come in contact with is teeming with the ebola virus Seriously, I m terrified We all should be Okay, review time Richard Preston can write a true thriller like no one else I ve read He gets into the grit of recent events as they unfold and puts us RIGHT Wow, wow, just wow A good thriller is that much scarier when IT S FREAKING REAL.Review to come, but first I need to bathe, to scrub my skin raw and try to shake the feeling that everything and everyone I ve come in contact with is teeming with the ebola virus Seriously, I m terrified We all should be Okay, review time Richard Preston can write a true thriller like no one else I ve read He gets into the grit of recent events as they unfold and puts us RIGHT THERE This is why I ve read practically everything he s ever written, and have yet to be disappointed.We all know the Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus is terrifying, and we have heard about recent outbreaks But we didn t know what was actually happening, and we h... Crisis in the Red Zone tells of the horrific 2013 2014 Ebola epidemic that engulfed Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, and eventually infected almost 30,000 people While the virus stretched the financial and medical infrastructure of these three countries, the book focuses geographically on the Makona Triangle, where the virus first grabbed hold and exploded, and on Kenema Government Hospital as it quickly became overwhelmed beyond its limits as the only hospital in Sierra Leone with a function Crisis in the Red Zone tells of the horrific 2013 2014 Ebola epidemic that engulfed Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, and eventually infected almost 30,000 people While the virus stretched the financial and medical infrastructure of these three countries, the book focuses geographically on the Makona Triangle, where the virus first grabbed hold and exploded, and on Kenema Government Hospital as it quickly became overwhelmed beyond its limits as the only hospital in Sierra Leone with a functional infectious disease unit that could handle Ebola.What is so riveting about this book is that the virus s effects on humans and its vicious propagation arehorrifying than any fiction epidemic book I ve ever read During the initial outbreak, the international community was not taking this very seriously, and so very little aid arrived f...Richard Preston has written another comprehensible and terrifying account of the Ebola disease that could turn into a global disaster if we aren t careful Crises in the Red Zone chronicles the outbreak of 2013 14 and the fact that it jumped continents for the first time infecting people in America This book is horrifying and graphic and the doctors and nurses who cared for these patients without thinking of their own safety and knowing they would most likely die is truly amazing and are the he Richard Preston has written another comprehensible and terrifying account of the Ebola disease that could turn into a global disaster if we aren t careful Crises in the Red Zone chronicles the outbreak of 2013 14 and the fact that it jumped continents for the first time infecting people in America This book is horrifying and graphic and the doctors and nurses who cared for these patients without thinking o...This is thorough but at the same time not as good in continuity, progression, ease to read Much harder to understand all the tangent parts as in his other disease study The Hot Zone Well worth the read time regardless yet it s all over the place with 100 s of name calls and situations that are difficult to connote all together in the way they are placed and in a chronological pattern which is convoluted, IMHO It still lets you know pertinent information about the present day 6 strains of E This is thorough but at the same time not as good in continuity, progression, ease to read Much harder to understand all the tangent parts as in his other disease study The Hot Zone Well worth the read time regardless yet it s all over the place with 100 s of name calls and situations that are difficult to connote all together in the way they are placed and in a chronological pattern which is convoluted, IMHO It still lets you know pertinent information about the present day 6 strains of Ebola mutation filovirus how they originated and what the 1976 and thenrecent outbreaks have involved and their outcomes Also in exact time frames to each place what events occurred in sequences And what how the next virus or strain to enter humans will might be crossing barr...I read The Hot Zone over a decade ago, and I instantly fell in love with Richard Preston s writing As someone who has always loved science, especially virology, Ebola was always the virus that I found to be the most fascinating and also most terrifying It s one of the simplest viruses as contagious as the common cold , it has the capacity to cross species jump and evolve, and it completely decimates the human immune system in just 7 10 days something that takes YEARS for HIV to do That bei I read The Hot Zone over a decade ago, and I instantly fell in love with Richard Preston s writing As someone who has always loved science, especially virology, Ebola was always the virus that I found to be the most fascinating and also most terrifying It s one of the simplest viruses as contagious as the common cold , it has the capacity to cross species jump and evolve, and it completely decimates the human immune system in just 7 10 days something that takes YEARS for HIV to do That being said, I have always dreamt of becoming an epidemiologist for the CDC and working in the Hazmat suits on Biosafety Level 4 When I found out that he was doing a follow up to my beloved The ...Crisis in the Red Zone The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to ComeAuthor Richard PrestonPages 400Genre Science Pub date July 23,2019The 2103 2014 was the deadliest ever but the outbreaks continue Now comes a gripping account of the doctors and scientists fighting to protect us, an urgent wake up call about the future of emerging viruses from the 1 bestselling author of The Hot Zone, soon to be a National Geographic original miniseries.This time, Eb Crisis in the Red Zone The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to ComeAuthor Richard PrestonPages 400Genre Science Pub date July 23,2019The 2103 2014 was the deadliest ever but the outbreaks continue Now comes a gripping account of the doctors and scientists fighting to protect us, an urgent wake up call about the future of emerging viruses from the 1 bestselling author of The Hot Zone, soon to be a National Geographic original miniseries.This time, Ebola started with a two year old child who likely had contact with a wild creature and whose entire family quickly fell ill and died The ensuing global drama activated health professionals in North America, Europe, and Africa in a desperate race against time to contain the viral wildfire By the end as the virus mutated into its deadliest form...I m exhausted from grimacing as I read this book, but it s a very important account Preston has brought to life the dedicated doctors and nurses who were on the front lines of the deadliest Ebola outbreak ever His book highlights both how much committed people can do in the face of the hor...What would you do if a loved one came down with Ebola Do you remember when if you went to a doctor s office they asked if you had traveled outside the U.S within a certain time period and where That is what Richard Preston s forthcoming book, Crisis in the Red Zone is about It is the account of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and other countries in West Africa that started with one boy and then traveling through the Makong Triangle and spreading outwards until it rea What would you do if a loved one came down with Ebola Do you remember when if you went to a doctor s office they asked if you had traveled outside the U.S within a certain time period and where That is what Richard Preston s forthcoming book, Crisis in the Red Zone is about It is the account of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and other countries in West Africa that started with one boy and then traveling through the Makong Triangle and spreading outwards until it reached Dallas, Texas and New York Ebola killed thousands as it spread like wildfire until finally villagers began taking the fight to Ebola through implementing the Ancient Rule understanding that Ebola is not a white man s myth but a deadly wet virus that is spread through contact with bodily fluids, recognizing the symptoms of Ebola, isolating of and removal from contact with those infected with Ebola, and destruction through fire or protected burial of the deceased and everything that the deceased m...Originally published on my blog Nonstop Reader Crisis in the Red Zone is a layman accessible and terrifying real life narrative about the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Africa and internationally, its development, and eventual partial containment Part detective thriller, part popular science and epidemiology, it captured me from the first page The author has managed to humanize the headlines we all read at the time and make thempersonal andreal.Released 23rd July 2019 by Random House, Originally published on my blog Nonstop Reader Crisis in the Red Zone is a layman accessible and terrifying real life narrative about the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Africa and internationally, its development, and eventual partial containment Part detective thriller, part popular science and epidemiology, it captured me from the first page The author has managed to humanize the headlines we all read at the time and make thempersonal andreal.Released 23rd July 2019 by Random House, it s 400 pages and available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook formats.He writes well and authoritatively on the science behind the scenes, and about the healthcare professionals and support staff who sacrificed themselves to contain the epidemic The heroic, almost superhuman efforts of the doctors and nurses made my heart ache for the horrifying loss of life to the merciless enemy that is Ebola.The book follows a rough timeline with interconnections in the form of the individuals where kno...Such a great read Richard Preston s work is always so thrilling He knows how to mix science with humanity and draws you into his writing Fact is definitely stranger andfrightening than fiction.NYTimes Book Review here Book Review NONFICTIONCan You Make a Page Turning Thriller Out of the Ebola Crisis By Kendra Pierre LouisAug 8, 2019 CRISIS IN THE RED ZONEThe Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to ComeBy Richard PrestonRichard Preston has a penchant for the cinematic, even when his subject matter could not bedepressing and dire His best selling 1994 book, The Hot Zone, about an Ebola outbreak NYTimes Book Review here Book Review NONFICTIONCan You Make a Page Turning Thriller Out of the Ebola Crisis By Kendra Pierre LouisAug 8, 2019 CRISIS IN THE RED ZONE The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come By Richard PrestonRichard Preston has a penchant for the cinematic, even when his subject matter could not bedepressing and dire His best selling 1994 book, The Hot Zone, about an Ebola outbreak at a medical research facility in Reston, Va., was recently turned into a mini series despite its reliance on hyperbole as the science writer David Quammen rightly noted His new book, Crisis in t...

10 October 2018

Richard Preston