Peter’s Reviews > The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus > Status Update

I'm currently done with this book and i have been satisfied reading it. I'm glad that the librarian recommended this book because it interested me because of the science and the relation of the virus towards other people and the most dangerous thing is that the virus can morph to anything.

Im almost done with the book I and starting to get a lot more interesting. They tell about a 10 year old danish boy who has developed a new strain of a dangerous type of ebola and its a new strain too. The scary thing about that is it can affect anyone even an innocent young boy.

There hasn't been a lot changing in this book and its starting to get a little boring. For the last 3 chapters its just been random facts repeating them over and over again. I'm planning on skipping a little of these pages if they don't get interesting fast.

The book signifies how scary and common it it to catch such a complex creature that can completely destroy you. It doesn't matter who the person is, from 10 to 100, it causes harm to everyone and infects all types of people, so that scary thing is that you never know if it will affect you or your neighbor. The complexity of this virus causes it to travel through the air instead of contact with mucus.

This book relates a lot of its facts to science and biology. Ive noticed that a lot of these viruses are named after the first host of the infection. The government is starting to step in a little because of the massive toll of deaths that have been taking place. The scientists are shocked to find that the virus spreads through the air causing the government to step into to stop the global infestation.

This book the hot zone had been very terryfying. Its crazy how these scientists risk their lives to help find vaccines for all these biological chemicals. After reading the part about Nancy Jaxx its been hard to realize how scary it is to work in the level 4 room of things containing the anthrax and Ebola viruses. It also makes me feel bad for the people infected by this horrible virus.