Fact or Fiction - Terrorist attack our nation using smallpox as a weapon against us
Released on = February 10, 2006, 12:48 pm
Press Release Author = Paulo Reyes
Industry = Entertainment
Press Release Summary = Thought provoking book touches on the reality of what could
happen during a biochemical attack unless we take action now to prepare.
Press Release Body = It very well could be real, but for now it's the latest
heart-pounding fiction book, Sledgehammer, about a terrorist who arrives in the ER
with smallpox symptoms. An ER physician suspects it but has just six days to
convince hospital executives and the U.S. Government before an epidemic breaks out.
The story is brought vividly to life by Dr. Paulo J. Reyes who obtained his MD at
the UCSF School of Medicine, has 25 years in medicine and internal medicine and is a
First Responder for the busiest cities in California specifically in terrorists
training.
In Sledgehammer, the lead character, Max Kroose, an intuitive emergency room
physician, believes terrorists are to blame for the attack and fears the more lethal
form of smallpox, called Sledgehammer, will kill within days. As time progresses,
the terrorists planned attacks at a sports arena, mall and airport must be stopped.
The question becomes can this ER doctor convince the hospital administration and the
public health care system about the presence of this deadly disease and the need to
vaccinate the American public. You won't be able to stop reading as you seek to
find out the truth in this non-stop thriller.
How big a threat is smallpox? "The Federal Government should allow voluntary
smallpox vaccinations to protect us from smallpox bioterrorist attacks," says Dr.
Reyes. "At the very least the Federal Government should allow voluntary vaccinations
of the first responders which should include all hospital medical staff. The
President and the military have been vaccinated. Why shouldn't the American public?"
Dr. Reyes also authored Health-Care Reform or Redistribution of Cost? and in his
research of the health care system, he has seen its shortcomings. Realizing there is
clear and present danger of a terrorist attack in the health care system has
prompted him to support voluntary smallpox vaccinations.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) considers smallpox as a possible danger and
includes it as one of the possible agents of a bioterrorist attack, in its website
under the subheading Emergency Preparedness and Response along with anthrax, plague,
and tularemia.
Reyes believes the Federal Government should consider a trial program to detect the
presence of the virus - similar to a pregnancy test - so if the disease presents
itself, it will be detected before it becomes an epidemic or pandemic.
The American public is immuno-naïve to smallpox, which means it could spread very
rapidly, Reyes says. And containment could be even more difficult or impossible if
the virus was aerosolized, which the CDC believes may be the case, he says.
With new terrorist attacks continually happening in the United States and the fear
of a global pandemic, Sledgehammer is a gripping book to get a real insight into
what could possibly lie ahead unless immediate action is taken. Buy your book
today at www.pauloreyes.com www.amazon.com or any major online bookstore.
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