My favorite chapter so far is chapter two, Thirteen gorillas. I found this chapter interesting because in America people consider Ebola to not only be very serious, but also rare. On the other hand, those how live in Africa probably know a good deal about it and it isn’t viewed rare. Something else I found interesting about Ebola is how it ‘come and goes’ as it pleases. It seems to pop it in one country, disappear, then move somewhere new. In addition, how Ebola wiped out so much of the gorilla population is crazy to think about because if it had been humans instead of gorillas the world would be so different in the fact that almost all of our population was gone because of such a small little virus. Yet another interesting fact is you can become infected with Ebola from someone that has the disease even if they have already died(CDC). How insane to think that someone can infect others even after they have passed away?
The topic I found most interesting and had the biggest impact on me is mosquitoes and insects may be a form of population control. I found this interesting because if you look at it from a sympathetic point of view then that statement may make you mad or upset; however if you look at it from a logical standpoint it makes sense. If there were no way to control the population then the world would become overcrowded and a big mess. There would be wars starting due to lack of supplies such as food and water, and things like oil would run out more quickly. Saying that out loud or even thinking it sounds heartless because we all know someone who has been affected by this one way or another in the form of cancer, disease, and the many other forms of population control.
“Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease).” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 5 Nov. 2019, www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/.