In the Hot Zone with Virus X - Richard Preston

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/12/Richard_Preston_Panic_in_Level_4

"The Hot Zone" author Richard Preston describes his close call with a mysterious "Virus X," in a visit to a U.S. Army level-4 biocontainment research lab.

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Richard Preston talks about Panic in Level 4: Canibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science. These dramatic accounts, all updated since appearing in The New Yorker, are true tales, taking readers on a journey to military labs, hospitals, and jungles around the world, revealing frightening forces and constructive discoveries that are reordering our world - Book Passage

Richard Preston is the author of seven books, including The Hot Zone, The Cobra Event and The Demon in the Freezer, which are his "Dark Biology" series.

Preston is a regular contributor to The New Yorker. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages, and he has won numerous awards, including the American Institute of Physics Award and the National Magazine Award.

Preston is the only non-medical professional ever to receive the Centers for Disease Control's Champion of Prevention Award for public health.

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[ClanHalo001]

i also have the book the hotzone, don't read it if u want the shit scared out of u. but i give the book A++++++++++++

[Daritto7117]

I read his book in my 8th grade class about Ebola in Uganda, Germany, and Washington DC.

I found it extreamly insightfull. I really enjoyed it with my entire calass!!!

[SukhdevZomer]

@ClanHalo001 Especially when he describes the symptoms of Marburg.

[okwhatevernow]

Who did he say gave them the samples? CIA?

[1958boomergirl]

OMG! Scaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaryyyyyyy­yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!! I would've been so panicked! A big, big hole in that hazmat suit! OMG! I don't know whether to call him brave or stupid, but......Oh, dear God! :O

[Sugarhigh352]

With all the crazy shit he does, how is he not dead? He's awesome! XD

<3 much love <3

[StevieAfroP09]

This book was awesome

[thilgestim]

one of the best books i ever read

[twispsalterego]

@outtabuzzinezz months? try years working the other biohazard levels.

[madmkila1]

amazing book! but now im afraid to go outta country to forrest an stufff loll

[Armpitshowdown7]

when i would have felt my skin if that happened to me i would have SCREAMED and peed myself.

[outtabuzzinezz]

who gets into level 4 without proper training? it takes months of training to even be allowed in level 4, not talking about working.