One of the best of the 'scary' science books. This deals mostly with the quiet response to the outbreak of Simian Ebola like virus in Weston VA, USA. Scary as a what if. Fast enjoyable read.

Put into the Medicine Chest III Bookbox.

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Ebola, the name strikes terror in the human heart, as it should. In the incident covered in this book, a shipment of monkeys sent to the U.S start becoming ill. As more and more monkeys fall ill the staff at the monkey house are becoming concerned. What is wrong with them and is it contagious for humans? Their organs are dissected and examined under microscope - oh sh*t, is Ebola Zaire? It sure looks like and reacts like Ebola Zaire. It is a hot Level 4 virus and a deadly threat to the human population. So the army takes over eliminating the monkeys and running all aspects of the bio-containment that does not involve actual sick people. The U.S. military in its usual clunky style throws all at it and finesses nothing. Luckily the virus was slightly mutated and was terribly contagious and deadly for monkeys but didn't affect humans at all. Whew, dodged a national disaster.