reddrighthand t1_itw2ilg wrote on October 26, 2022 at 6:54 PM

Reply to comment by tricksterloki in Many U.S. labs cannot test for Ebola strain behind Uganda's swelling outbreak by Avulpesvulpes

Fuck. The Hot Zone. It's an entire book of clickbait.

Edit to double down, fuck that book and its exaggerations: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2014/11/11/362379449/how-the-hot-zone-got-it-wrong-and-other-tales-of-ebolas-history

https://www.mic.com/articles/95640/everything-you-know-about-ebola-is-wrong

https://gizmodo.com/how-the-hot-zone-created-the-worst-myths-about-ebola-1649384576

The man exaggerated the symptoms. He misled people about airborne spread. He described it moving "decisively.,"

Fuck that book.

tricksterloki t1_itw38c6 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 6:58 PM

Given when it was written Ebola wasn't known to the general public (1995) and it has good information, it's good for what it is. It's also proven relevant, because of current events. For a lay person, The Hot Zone is fine.