The End of October

by Lawrence Wright

“Surely good deeds take away evil deeds,” the holy book said.

He finally concluded that having slain so many animals in the name of science, he didn’t need to eat them as well.

animal models don’t always predict the outcome in humans. Thalidomide was safe in animals but in humans caused frightful birth defects.

Influenza never made just a single visit.

Henry explained his experiment on the submarine, using the variolation procedure.

Like Toni Stark working in a cave.

“We can’t find a direct evolutionary path,” said Nandi, a lab technician who had

“October Revolution Island was an outpost of the Soviet biochemical warfare program.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution_Island

“We know of only one survivor, but that was an unborn child.”