Talk:The Hot Zone

message: This page says the book is nonfiction, but the author's entry says it is often mistaken to be nonfiction.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.81.247.180 (talk) 11:50, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: hi,
i was wonderning if anybody has ever read the book the hot zone. it is a nonfiction as it is said in the book. it was quite surprising this incident occured outside washington considring the state is a home to the most famous and important people in the USA. the author composed this book really well i thought before reading the preface that this book was a fiction but it turned out to be a nonfiction which surprised me a lot. i like the author's idea of making photos of  locks on the first few covers of the book. it really made me fell as if i was entering the hot zone. 
thanks—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.109.184.210 (talk) 06:22, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  the book hot zone is really good 

message: I haven't checked this article in a long time, but apparently someone improved it. Thanks! Freddie 04:26, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Woohoo! 

message: I removed the following paragraph because the same information is discussed in the ebola article where it is more appropriately suited. The scope of this article is The Hot Zone book.
Thefool 22:50, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ebola in literature 

message: I removed this paragraph because it is an outdated controversy with unnamed sources.
Thefool 04:51, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: * Comment: The biggest problems with this paragraph are that it's clumsily written and needs to be better sourced. Controversy doesn't become "outdated" just because it's no longer covered in the media. If we only include good reviews of the book, we're viewing it through rose-colored glasses, which isn't exactly a neutral POV. -- MisterHand 23:04, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

text: * Comment: Re-reading the article, I don't see the book as having been given a rosy "thumb's up" review. The book is a notable work and therefore it has been duly noted as such. I use the term "outdated controversy" because over a decade ago a few critics thought the book was fiction and they were wrong. Even if the sources were named, they were still wrong. I question the importance of such information. Thefool 07:06, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unnamed Sources 

message: Could do with a bit of a rewrite, but I haven't read the book. Several odd incidents of comma placement or weird phrasings. A mixture of black and blood? - 203.217.65.222 (talk) 14:29, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summary 

message: McCormick should not redirect to this article but should have its own biography.  Yes, he is notable. Viriditas (talk) 11:55, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Joseph B. McCormick

message: I am pretty sure the the film Outbreak was not based on the book The Hot Zone. Preston does not get any credit and none of the characters from his book appear in the film. The only similarity is that the book and the film are about a deadly viral outbreak in the mainland US. 
However, at one point The Hot Zone was a competing film project that was an adaptation from Preston's book and was scheduled to be released in a similar time frame as Outbreak (similar in concept to Michael Bay's Armageddon and Mini Leder's Deep Impact - where two films with a similar plot are released by two competing studios). It was to be directed by Ridley Scott and star Robert Redford and Jodie Foster. Unfortunately, due to budget issues and scheduling problems, the film was shelved despite being in preproduction at the time. My first job out of film school was doing location work for this film. Here is an article outlining the details from the LA Times:  
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-03-18/entertainment/ca-35778_1_ridley-scott
I think this article should be updated to more accurately reflect this information or drop the idea that the film and book are related, other than there was general public interest in stories about deadly pathogens at the time Outbreak was released. Thoughts? 76.65.31.104 (talk) 05:53, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds like the idea that Outbreak is based on The Hot Zone could be a myth based on confusion with the other movie.  The claim is uncited and, perhaps co-incidentally, another contributor just expressed doubt about the same claim at Outbreak (film).  This article states "Outbreak was produced in the hopes of beating the film version of ... The Hot Zone ... into theaters", but doesn't say Outbreak is based on The Hot Zone.  I think you should just be bold and remove the claim, both here and at Outbreak (film).  Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 14:46, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The part stating that the film Outbreak is loosely based on the book The Hot Zone has been removed from this article and from the Outbreak article. Thx for your support AJH. 76.65.31.104 (talk) 16:58, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Outbreak'' is ''not'' loosely based on ''The Hot Zone''

message: Since I read the book The Hot Zone in the mid-late 1990's, I noted that Preston did not address the question of whether those few laboratory workers who got infected with Ebola Reston developed some sort of immunity to the other Ebola viruses.  The first immunizations, by Edward Jenner in the late 1700's, involved innoculations by cowpox, which was seen to provide immunity to smallpox.  Maybe they didn't know, as of the time of Preston's magazine article whether such immunity was conveyed, or as of the time of the book.  It may have been that all they needed to do was to take blood from those who had been infected with Reston, and add to that some Ebola Zaire.  Presumably, if immunity existed, the antibodies present in that blood would attack the Zaire strain.  I find Preston's lack of commentary on this matter to be quite curious.
Jamesdbell8 (talk) 19:55, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did those infected with Ebola Reston become immune to Ebola Zaire?