![]() ![]() The majority of this book is not new material and is taken heavily from the aforementioned volume, but it has some small sections updated until early September 2014 regarding the new outbreaks. I had no idea how little we know about Ebola.ĭavid starts his new book acknowledging that it is a rehash of a section from his previous book from 2012 'Spillover' that looks at zoonoses or an infection that is transmissible from animal to human. But through no fault of the author's at all. So I approached this volume hoping that all my curiosities would be quelled what is Ebola exactly? How is it transmitted? What effects does it have on the body? Where does it hide in it's downtime? But luckily I had a quick browse on NetGalley and came across this book. Usually by this time I'd be Googling Ebola, or buying a New Scientist with a special set of articles on the subject, but I haven't. But oh wait, Miley Cyrus just did something. Enough for some alarm bells to ring, hey this might be serious. And while it seems like a big story, you know that it is being downplayed because it is in Africa, still the dark continent in the 21st century. The only visuals are dusty hut, a dirty warehouse that is supposed to be a hospital and some people with paper face masks. For the last few months now our news cycles have always had a little snippet of Ebola news hidden somewhere between the wedding of George Clooney and a dog that got stuck up a tree. ![]()
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