Cobra Incident (A Book That Made U.S. Presidents Tremble)

Author: Richard Preston [USA]
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: In New York City, a 17-year-old girl suddenly sneezes out mucus, followed by. An unknown virus is quietly spreading. So far, only one person has died from this disease, and he is a homeless person. Doctors must take action before the disease spreads again. This is a work that you won’t want to miss a single word of—where a fever virus from the rainforest occurs right in our midst. —The Detroit Free Press A book that made the President tremble: "President Clinton was stunned by The Cobra Event," this work tells of an independent terrorist who launches an attack on New York City using a family heirloom virus. The terrorist claims he wants these so-called experts to verify the virus’s effectiveness." —The New York Times
In New York City, a 17-year-old girl suddenly sneezes out mucus, followed by in an operating room, and dies within just a few minutes. Five days earlier, a homeless person died suddenly on a subway platform in broad daylight. An unknown virus is quietly spreading in New York. Alice Austin, a doctor at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discovered in the initial test results that the girl’s nervous system had been confirmed to be damaged. So far, only one person has died from this disease, and he was a homeless person. Austin must combine these two cases for analysis and treatment, and she must act before the disease spreads again. In addition to teaching the public about biological weapons, this book has also greatly influenced U.S. national defense policies. According to media reports, one of the key reasons that then-President Clinton signed the Biological and Chemical Weapons Act was that after seriously reading this book, he was terrified and deeply concerned. Indeed, a few years later, anthrax virus was used by terrorist groups to attack the U.S. public health system. Fortunately, thanks to the anti-biological weapons system established a few years earlier, it did not cause too much harm. Preston’s contribution in this matter is undeniable.