I admit that I haven't read that book but I have read
numerous books about various scary viruses. Conversations I have at work with some well
educated biologists always lead to how easily a virus like, for example, Ebola could
mutate into something as contagious as influenza virus. Smallpox ocassionally rears its
ugly head in warfare experiment history. Try reading "Hot Zone" a true account of the
Ebola outbreaks in Zaire or the classic fictional "The Andromeda Strain" by Michael
Chrichton.
A good discussion question would be about why
people risk almost certain death to help those afflicted by these ghastly
diseases.
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