PDF-(READ)-The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story

The first major bioterror event in the United Statesthe anthrax attacks in October 2001was a clarion call for scientists who work with hot agents to find ways of protecting civilian populations against biological weapons In The Demon in the Freezer his first nonfiction book since The Hot Zone a 1 New York Times bestseller Richard Preston takes us into the heart of Usamriid the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick Maryland once the headquarters of the US biological weapons program and now the epicenter of national biodefensePeter Jahrling the top scientist at Usamriid a wry virologist who cut his teeth on Ebola one of the worlds most lethal emerging viruses has ORCON security clearance that gives him access to top secret information on bioweapons His most urgent priority is to develop a drug that will take on smallpoxand win Eradicated from the planet in 1979 in one of the great triumphs of modern science the smallpox virus now resides officially in only two highsecurity freezersat the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta and in Siberia at a Russian virology institute called Vector But the demon in the freezer has been set loose It is almost certain that illegal stocks are in the possession of hostile states including Iraq and North Korea Jahrling is haunted by the thought that biologists in secret labs are using genetic engineering to create a new superpox virus a smallpox resistant to all vaccinesUsamriid went into a state of Delta Alert on September 11 and activated its emergency response teams when the first anthrax letters were opened in New York and Washington DC Preston reports in unprecedented detail on the governments response to the attacks and takes us into the ongoing FBI investigation His story is based on interviews with toplevel FBI agents and with Dr Steven HatfillJahrling is leading a team of scientists doing controversial experiments with live smallpox virus at CDC Preston takes us into the lab where Jahrling is reawakening smallpox and explains with cool and devastating precision what may be at stake if his last bold experiment fails. 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