Biohazard 9-1-1

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Summary: Andromeda Strain Redux
Review: A gripping, realistic tale of a mysterious viral outbreak in the era of 9/11...is it bioterrorism? A previously unknown virus from Africa? The author is clearly knowledgeable about the ins and outs of America's defenders against such an outbreak, and paints a scary yet believable story of what really COULD happen here...he even imagined black market vaccines selling for $100,000...and this was presumably written before the flu vaccine shortage. One hopes that if the real outbreak ever occurs there will be real-life doctors like Dr. Will Denton to recognize it and respond in time!

Rating:
Summary: Exciting and educational premonition.
Review: Stirring page turner is a refreshing break from the current 911 genre that descibes what mother nature can do on her own. Picked this up over the holidays and couldn't put it down. As a physician I was as excited as the novel's protagonist in piecing together the puzzle, and just as afraid of the implications of what he might find.
Like the previous reviewer, I found the vaccine issues prescient and had it not been for the real events w/ the flu vaccine I would have dismissed this as improbable. Makes me a bit wary of the as to how other events in the plot might unfold in real life.

Also paints a lovely picture of a part of the NE USA that is probably not well known in most of the country.

Captivating, educational, and foreboding.