Title: Pandering to an audience.
Product review: The author takes a non-event,and makes it into a best seller. Pretty impressive, huh? This is probably a good book if you know little about viruses, and can be impressed with learning some medicine. Unfortunately, I am a molecular biologist, and was already aware of the things that make this book interesting. That only left me with his plodding plot, and repetitive descriptions. If you want an exciting virus story, search out the book "Fever! The Hunt for a New Killer Virus" by John Fuller. It is much better written, more coherent, and more interesting. This is the story of the discovery of Lassa Fever in 1969, without the benefit of all the technology used in the Hot Zone, and it will have you on the edge of your seat if you are lucky enough to locate a copy. If you want to learn about medicine, read the Coming Plague. Although a little ponderous, it discusses many interesting diseases.
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