Elbows-Deep in Ebola Virus - Richard Preston

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

"The Hot Zone" author Richard Preston tells the story of a U.S. Army Lt. Colonel's life-threatening experience while researching a strain of deadly Ebola virus.

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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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[redeyedol]

Anything that happens to Africa or some impoverished nation, a conspiracy-obsessed paranoid schizophrenic blames a certain government for its creation.

Get over it, Ebola is part of nature and exists to let mankind know that we are not as mighty as we believe ourselves to be.

[inthabuilding]

only col. sam daniels is an expert!

[Manny1222]

Monkeys? Someone send Bruce Willis to blow that shit up!

[o0BFBC20o]

@SaddleCat1 Im reading the book for the first time now. Its not my first reading on ebola and I know about it but the way Preston describes it is worse than what ive ever read. Its definetly a scary thing.

[faeleia]

richard preston is now my fav author with his EPIC anecdotes collected into easy reading. i wished i could tell him how much i enjoyed his books!

[thatsexyerikkid]

@Erionnacirema Ebola outbreaks occur sporadically, by "messing" with these lethal viruses, the hope is that we may find a cure, which can save an untold number of lives in the future. Ebola is absolutely horrible and anyone that contracts it may be thanking their lucky stars some day scientists were brave enough to work with it in order to find a cure, sadly we haven't found one yet.

[darmader]

@redeyedol

hundreds of years with bio engineered warfare leads to something idiot!

[Marasg89]

@DannyBruiz Your an idiot. The flu medicine you use to get rid of the flu was once on of those viruses they "fucked with". Your welcome, you uneducated close minded fuck :)

[DannyBruiz]

I agree that Ebola is part of nature.

But I think Microbiologists are always messing with these Natural Microbes.

Killing Monkeys to study their Microbiology, Accessing their organs to dissect, create, incubate, mix, control, and basically fuck with nature's viruses to see what will happen. Well guess what folks? This is what happens.

Why don't these geniuses get a clue...QUIT FUCKING WITH NATURE!

[Poleschs]

I hate these people spreading unnecessary fear to the public, he has no clue about viruses or infections, get a real job, idiot.