OK, I got to say that this book so far is pretty wicked. At times it gets but confusing because it jumps from an account of a case where a lethal virus is involved to the story of a different virus. Also the author seems to be really wordy/ descriptive, even though some of his descriptions are useless to the reader in understanding the virus. Never the less though, it has been a very good read so far. It has been hard to stop reading at times, like when Nancy's glove ripped, I just had to keep going to see what would happen.
Through this section I learned about different lethal viruses like Marburg and Ebola, and others like AIDS. What is so freaky to me about this book is that it is real. This all happened, and could happen again. We do not have a cure for these lethal viruses. Outbreaks could annihilate our entire world.
One of the questions I still have is why haven't wee seen more cases of these if there is no cure? Why did the viruses vanish or stop by "themselves"? Why doesn't the author go into more detail about the original cases of Marburg virus? - Why does he focus on Monet instead?
I also thought it was pretty interesting that the author goes into so much detail on things that have nothing to do with the virus. It really helps us get a visual of everything that is going on and makes the story easier to follow. I agree 100% when you say that it is freaky that the book is real. We are so used to reading about things like this in fictional books that show no threat to us. This book makes us fully aware that things like these do happen and could happen again.
ReplyDeleteI also found it bizarre how Monet got the virus and we had no clue where it came from, and then out of nowhere it just starts do disappear.
ReplyDeleteI find it helpful that there is so much detail, it leaves me with fewer questions in the end. I was also really intrigued by the ripped glove. But honestly, where does the Ebola virus come from that it can just disappear?
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