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6 thoughts on “The Hot Zone Part 4”
Hunter Walski
The last part of the book in my opinion slowed down a lot. I had to force myself to read it. I did learn that in Kitum Cave and the Mount Elgon area alone, there were hundreds of possibilities for where Ebola could have originated. It is interesting to think that there are a lot of viruses that can just kind of “go away” then come back without warning.
Like Hunter said, it really did slow down. It did not match the pace of the rest of the book. What I really liked, though, is when Richard Preston went back to look in at the Reston monkey house. It really summed the book up and let one know that this was a rare case that did not cause as much harm as most Level 4s do. There are still many undiscovered viruses out there.
I thought this last part did a good job of concluding the book. While it didn’t flow as well as the other parts, it was short enough that I didn’t think that really mattered too much. I did think Preston was absolutely right in his perception of the viruses; how they are Nature’s way of stemming the infection of humanity. Overall, the entire book was a very enjoyable and educational one.
I didn’t enjoy the last part of the book, it was slow and not near as interesting to me as the other parts. Like Hunter, I learned that there were hundreds of places where the disease could have originated. I also learned how unpredictable the disease can be with it’s coming and going. Overall I did enjoy the book, a very interesting read.
I agree that the end of the book did slow down and even made it somewhat difficult to finish, But I felt that the overall conclusion ended the book greatly. It gave me a new insight on viruses and that they are very unpredictable from their origins to their symptoms and infection. It goes to show that no matter how much the world thinks they know, nature itself will never be easy to study.
This part of the book, in my opinion, did not flow with the book as a whole. I thought it was like an unnecessary add-on. However, it was interesting on how they describe the inside of the cave.
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The last part of the book in my opinion slowed down a lot. I had to force myself to read it. I did learn that in Kitum Cave and the Mount Elgon area alone, there were hundreds of possibilities for where Ebola could have originated. It is interesting to think that there are a lot of viruses that can just kind of “go away” then come back without warning.
Like Hunter said, it really did slow down. It did not match the pace of the rest of the book. What I really liked, though, is when Richard Preston went back to look in at the Reston monkey house. It really summed the book up and let one know that this was a rare case that did not cause as much harm as most Level 4s do. There are still many undiscovered viruses out there.
I thought this last part did a good job of concluding the book. While it didn’t flow as well as the other parts, it was short enough that I didn’t think that really mattered too much. I did think Preston was absolutely right in his perception of the viruses; how they are Nature’s way of stemming the infection of humanity. Overall, the entire book was a very enjoyable and educational one.
I didn’t enjoy the last part of the book, it was slow and not near as interesting to me as the other parts. Like Hunter, I learned that there were hundreds of places where the disease could have originated. I also learned how unpredictable the disease can be with it’s coming and going. Overall I did enjoy the book, a very interesting read.
I agree that the end of the book did slow down and even made it somewhat difficult to finish, But I felt that the overall conclusion ended the book greatly. It gave me a new insight on viruses and that they are very unpredictable from their origins to their symptoms and infection. It goes to show that no matter how much the world thinks they know, nature itself will never be easy to study.
This part of the book, in my opinion, did not flow with the book as a whole. I thought it was like an unnecessary add-on. However, it was interesting on how they describe the inside of the cave.