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Brief Summary Of The Book 'The Hot Zone'

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1.I can relate the information in “The Hot Zone” to prior education because in seventh grade we studied viruses in science class and made presentations describing what the virus was and how it reacted in the human body. Also, when Ebola cases appeared in America not long ago, I watched the news and they gave general information about the virus. Next, I watched a news special called “Frontline: Ebola Outbreak,” it featured the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. It showed how and what the doctors were doing to help the patients and how the patients were feeling mentally and physically. The show put the description of the book into an image in my mind to really understand the seriousness of Ebola.

2.The author's purpose for writing this book was to inform the reader how mysterious, yet serious Ebola and other Filoviruses are. Also the author wanted the reader to know the smallest of details about Ebola to truly understand what has happened and will happen with Ebola so we could eventually create a cure for it. I know this because of the way he wrote this story and how the author described the virus. …show more content…

This is shown throughout the book when the characters think they know something about the virus and then being absolutely wrong. Another big idea is how can Ebola and other Filoviruses go from a myth to reality and back to myth again within months or even weeks. In addition, who is the natural host? The book states that viruses don’t usually kill their natural host, with that in mind, what living organism can contain this dreadful virus? Therefore, the top three main ideas in this book are, not knowing enough about the virus, how it can fluctuate in appearance, and who is its natural

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