A toddler in Guinea named Emile had the first suspected human case of the strains that mutated with human contact to become the area of highest impact with a kind of reverse quarantine in place, where the sick are kept away from everyone else to keep the outbreak at bay. The countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone were the hardest hit. ( Richard Preston wrote Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come).Ĭrisis in the Red Zone deals with the 2013 outbreak of the Ebola virus in western Africa, focusing largely on the efforts of doctors and scientists to minimize fatalities and find a cure. The book Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come by Richard Preston is just that book. Barry to gain some insight into lessons learned that can be applied during the recent COVID-19 outbreak, I had an interest in seeing a more recent outbreak that too could help me compare the current response to outbreaks in the past. Having recently read The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M.
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