Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard Preston

Next Section Quotes Previous Section Glossary How To Cite in MLA Format Shaw, Elizabeth. Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. Overall, this shows the difficulty in trying to quickly create a vaccine or treatment for an epidemic. In addition to this, local people had also become suspicious of medicine from other countries, meaning there was also an obstacle in getting people treated. For example, there was the issue of trying drugs that had not yet been tested on humans. Preston also details the attempts to find a treatment for the Ebola virus, and the difficulties researchers faced. At the end of the text, he questions whether another epidemic outbreak is on the cards. Focusing on the Ebola virus, Preston discusses its history, symptoms, and death rate. This is ultimately a book about infectious diseases, how quickly they can spread and how they can disrupt the running of society. Right now I’m reading Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard Preston and it’s a fantastic read The book is a super interesting account of the 2014 outbreak of the Ebola virus in west Africa. Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Viruses to Come by Richard Preston Paperback 18.99 Hardcover 24.99 Paperback 18.99 eBook 13.99 Audiobook 0. Eventually, this led to over 11,000 deaths in total. For example, Preston tells the story of the first person to contract the virus (a young child called Emile Ouamouno) which subsequently led to the death of his entire family. This is a non-fiction book about the Ebola virus, and the devastating impact it had on many people's lives. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.

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