Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
The point James Altucher raises about suicide is something I hadn't considered. The financial stress caused by this crisis should not go overlooked... Conspiracy theory - the coronavirus is fiendish plot by Big Toilet Paper... If I remember correctly in the book The Hot Zone contact with bats also played a major role in the outbreak and spread of Ebola. How about if we make eating bats illegal world wide. If you don't outlaw eating frigging bats then your country does not get to be part of things like the UN, the G7, or any other civilized organization. Your move China... Heh Heh... So in States that have ordered "shelter in place" does that order now make proper usage of the HOV (high occupancy vehicle) lane on the highway a crime? Charges of public endangerment maybe? More than a couple people in a cramped space like a car or van sounds dangerous (not that there's a whole lot of people on the road anyway)... A reminder to Congress. Get the friggin bill passed already!...
Showing posts with label The Hot Zone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Hot Zone. Show all posts
Monday, March 23, 2020
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Neil Gaiman's Trigger Warning
- Penguins perform O'Canada prior to last night's game vs Flyers. I hope the San Francisco Giants make the same gesture of support.
- Wow - Rudy Giuliani really doesn't like Charlie Crist
- Founder of the Weather Channel - Climate change is nothing but a lie. The climate is changing but for reasons we neither understand nor control. We should be studying these reasons and not asking people to wear sack-cloth and ashes.
- Impact of vaccines in US
- "The Hot Zone" and the mythos of Ebola
- Neil Gaiman's Trigger Warning
- Penguins perform O'Canada prior to last night's game vs Flyers. I hope the San Francisco Giants make the same gesture of support.
- Wow - Rudy Giuliani really doesn't like Charlie Crist
- Founder of the Weather Channel - Climate change is nothing but a lie. The climate is changing but for reasons we neither understand nor control. We should be studying these reasons and not asking people to wear sack-cloth and ashes.
- Impact of vaccines in US
- "The Hot Zone" and the mythos of Ebola
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Ebola in Uganda
Never mind Stephen King - the scariest book I ever read was The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story
by Richard Preston. The book tells the true story of an Ebola outbreak. For weeks after reading the book I had dreams about "crashing and bleeding out".
Now 14 people have died so far in a new outbreak of Ebola in Uganda.
Scary stuff.
by Richard Preston. The book tells the true story of an Ebola outbreak. For weeks after reading the book I had dreams about "crashing and bleeding out".
Now 14 people have died so far in a new outbreak of Ebola in Uganda.
Scary stuff.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Smallpox
I happened upon this engrossing article from 1999 by Richard Preston about smallpox and I couldn't stop reading. The article details both the history of the virus and also the danger it poses to the human population today. I don't think people like myself who have lived their life blissfully unaware of the real-life dangers of such a virus can truly grasp the horror of such a virus if it were to have an outbreak.
Even though smallpox was responsible for a number of deaths in the 20th century that would be equal to about the entire current population of the United States - I truly do think that the word smallpox has any meaning to the modern mind. The word smallpox has as much meaning to the modern mind as the word codpiece.
Richard Preston is the master of virus outbreak stories. His book The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story
remains the scariest book I ever read. Stephen King has nothing to compare with the horror Preston describes. The phrase "crashing and bleeding out" still gives me the shivers. I heartily recommend both the article linked above and the book Hot Zone.
I happened upon this engrossing article from 1999 by Richard Preston about smallpox and I couldn't stop reading. The article details both the history of the virus and also the danger it poses to the human population today. I don't think people like myself who have lived their life blissfully unaware of the real-life dangers of such a virus can truly grasp the horror of such a virus if it were to have an outbreak.
Even though smallpox was responsible for a number of deaths in the 20th century that would be equal to about the entire current population of the United States - I truly do think that the word smallpox has any meaning to the modern mind. The word smallpox has as much meaning to the modern mind as the word codpiece.
Richard Preston is the master of virus outbreak stories. His book The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story
remains the scariest book I ever read. Stephen King has nothing to compare with the horror Preston describes. The phrase "crashing and bleeding out" still gives me the shivers. I heartily recommend both the article linked above and the book Hot Zone.
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