The Economist (US), December 17th, 1994
THE COMING PLAGUE. By Laurie Garrett. Farrar Straus Giroux; 750 pages; $25.
THE HOT ZONE. By Richard Preston. Random House; 400 pages; $23. Doubleday; Pounds 14.99
THERE are lots of things to worry about, from the economy to whether you left the toaster on. The possible demise of the human species may be hard to make room for: too abstract, too unlikely. Unlikely, that is, before you spend a few hours with "The Hot Zone" or "The Coming Plague", two new books of investigative journalism that pose one troubling question: Why haven't crafty viruses wiped out human beings? Both books suggest i...
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