>  DS> Now, whenever I see the city of Reston mentioned, I
 >  DS> kind of get the chills. I also washed my hands a lot more after 
reading
 > those kinds of books 
 >  We recently had a monkey die-off at a research facility in south
 >  Texas.  Some died and the rest were euthanized due to the rapid
 >  spread of infection.  I think species jumping is inevitable and
 > this
 >  stuff scares the bejesus out of me!  Even the increase in
 >  drug-resistant strains of known, common maladies is frightening.
 Was it a disease that was "catchable" to humans?
  Our vet swears that
the common cold and viruses are not transferable between dogs and humans. But 
everytime our kids were sick when they were little, the dog wound up throwing 
up at the same time. If I had one kid sick in bed, I knew I would have a sick 
dog as well! He's now 14 and still going strong!!
 >  DS> causing industrial pollution...people mysteriously dying..I'm 
ticking
 > with it
 >  DS> but seems like quite a few other medical thrillers I've read in the
 > past few
 >  DS> years. Hope something different occurs to make this a bit more
 > original.
 >  Let me know.
 It was pretty bad..wouldn't recommend it.
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