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Beschreibung
Also a mini-series drama starring Julianna Margulies, Topher Grace, Liam Cunningham, James D'Arcy, and Noah Emmerich on National Geographic.
A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.
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Main Take-Away of this book: you do not want to get Ebola.
Take-Away no. 2: People can sometimes be very stupid when it comes to diseases… looking at you, Monkey Workers. As has been said by many other people, the effects and symptoms of Ebola have been dramatised quite a bit, though knowing this does not diminish in the slightest how scary Ebola is. If you’ve ever wanted to read non-fictional horror, this one is for you
I recently got the itch to read more non-fiction to broaden my horizon and learn a thing or two. To start this off, I picked up this highly praised book. Why not start the journey to more knowledge with deadly viruses? Of course I've followed the news and knew about Ebola and its symptoms and consequences. But I never really digged deeper into it. And boy it is as fascinating as it is terrifying. Although based truly in facts and history, "The Hot Zone" is written like fiction which immensely helps to terrify you. It was really fascinating to learn about the place of birth of filoviruses and how they're adapting to survive. Preston describes in detail what happens to a human being and/or animal once it catches one of many different strings of filoviruses. If this would be a fiction book, many people would be appalled of the cruelty and brutality that happens to animals and humans. The fact that it isn't makes this story so haunting. What can you learn from this book? Besides the story of the discovery of different deadly viruses and a look behind the scenes of scientific animal tests, you learn how hauntingly helpless we humans are if nature decides to get rid of us. We can battle it, but it's a fight against windmills. Nature can adapt and change and we will never know where it's going to strike next.
Beschreibung
Also a mini-series drama starring Julianna Margulies, Topher Grace, Liam Cunningham, James D'Arcy, and Noah Emmerich on National Geographic.
A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.
Buchinformationen
Beiträge
Main Take-Away of this book: you do not want to get Ebola.
Take-Away no. 2: People can sometimes be very stupid when it comes to diseases… looking at you, Monkey Workers. As has been said by many other people, the effects and symptoms of Ebola have been dramatised quite a bit, though knowing this does not diminish in the slightest how scary Ebola is. If you’ve ever wanted to read non-fictional horror, this one is for you
I recently got the itch to read more non-fiction to broaden my horizon and learn a thing or two. To start this off, I picked up this highly praised book. Why not start the journey to more knowledge with deadly viruses? Of course I've followed the news and knew about Ebola and its symptoms and consequences. But I never really digged deeper into it. And boy it is as fascinating as it is terrifying. Although based truly in facts and history, "The Hot Zone" is written like fiction which immensely helps to terrify you. It was really fascinating to learn about the place of birth of filoviruses and how they're adapting to survive. Preston describes in detail what happens to a human being and/or animal once it catches one of many different strings of filoviruses. If this would be a fiction book, many people would be appalled of the cruelty and brutality that happens to animals and humans. The fact that it isn't makes this story so haunting. What can you learn from this book? Besides the story of the discovery of different deadly viruses and a look behind the scenes of scientific animal tests, you learn how hauntingly helpless we humans are if nature decides to get rid of us. We can battle it, but it's a fight against windmills. Nature can adapt and change and we will never know where it's going to strike next.