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5. The Coming Plague made me want to

Thu Sep 13, 2012, 05:55 PM

Sep 2012

Avoid public places. The movie Contagion was serious stuff, too, as was The Hot Zone.

These are events that can tear down a healthy economy.

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Horrible disease. Have you read 'The Plague Makers' by Jeff Fisher? Mnemosyne Sep 2012 #1

The Coming Plague made me want to Ilsa Sep 2012 #5

Ilsa's post lists the book I was trying to recommend. Read too many. nt Mnemosyne Sep 2012 #10

I'll check that one out Marrah_G Sep 2012 #8

Yikes, I can't imagine anything scarier!! Marrah_G Sep 2012 #13

Seriously the stuff of nightmares. nt Mnemosyne Sep 2012 #15

Jeez, what a dreadful disease. Those poor people and their families. AllyCat Sep 2012 #2

scariest book I've ever read Marrah_G Sep 2012 #7

Viral diseases... jonthebru Sep 2012 #4

This is the scariest organism on the planet Marrah_G Sep 2012 #6

I always hope Level 4 workers are very, very sane. nt Mnemosyne Sep 2012 #12

Yeah, a 90% mortality rate could wipe us out. Ilsa Sep 2012 #14