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 will be dead. A secret SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is forced to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells a dramatic, shocking, frightening story even scarier than fiction.
The events in this book take place between 1967 and 1993. The period of the viruses in the book is less than just 24 days. No one who suffered from any of the viruses or who was in contact with anyone suffering from them can catch or spread the viruses outside of he period, and none of the living people described in this book suffer from a contagious disease. The viruses included in The Hot Zone can't survive independently for more than 10 days tops.
The Ebola virus was the most important virus included in this book, it is talked about throughout most of the story. It has infected so many people in such little time. Thinking about an event like this actually happening in the real world is frightening. Something this huge as a contagious virus or disease really gets my attention to read about it since it's nonfiction.
I have not ended the book yet, but what I have already read so far makes me want to continue. Something this scary will keep my eyes glued to the words as I not only learn about the lives of the people with a virus, but the story.
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