The Andromeda Strain Essay

An investigation was necessary to find the cause of the outbreak, and how to stop it from continuing to spread. The campus clinic was interested in testing the following nine patients: Sue, Jill, Anthony, Wanda, Maggie, Maria, Arnie, Marco, and Alvin. All of the students have similar symptoms and agreed to being tested except for Alvin.

The scientists discover that the disease kills through coagulation or clotting of the blood, but it could also cause insanity due to the blood in the brain clotting. The newborn and the old man survived because their blood was more acidic than the rest of the town. When one of the scientists on the team is exposed to the disease they realize that at that point the disease had mutated and became harmless.

Chapter 1 of Part 3 titled, “Insertion”, in The Hot Zone by Richard Preston Jerry Jaax wakes up in the morning and gets ready. All of his team wore civilian clothing, because wearing space suits would panic the media. He leaves the house and arrives at the Institute. Whole crowds of people were waiting at the side of the building. He spotted Gene Johnson, he was pacing back and forth across the loading dock. There were many camouflage military trunks that contained Johnson’s gear from Kitum Cave. A white van pulled up and Johnson loaded his equipment into it. This van was headed to Reston. By now, The Washington Post newspaper had a headline on their paper saying that a deadly Ebola virus was found at the monkey house. Top-level workers were

The main reason being that they wanted to know if different pathogens could even survive and adapt, and if they could, what changes would occur. The biosatellite series of experiments proved that bacteria could survive in Earth’s orbit, and in fact, the experiments proved that bacteria could actually thrive in that environment. “But the wildfire team staunchly ignored both the evidence of their own experience-that bacteria mutate rapidly and radically-and the evidence of the Biosatellite tests, in which a series of Earth forms were sent into space and later recovered...Biosatellite II contained several species of bacteria, it was later reported that the bacteria had reproduced at a rate of twenty to thirty times the normal rate...yet no one in Wildfire paid attention to this fact until it was too late.” (Crichton 164). This fact alone proved that the scientist’s at Project Wildfire did not use all of the information provided to them. hey only seemed to use data they collected themselves, which in this case, almost cost them their lives. Because they ignored this crucial fact which validated and answered most of their lasting questions.The scientists put themselves, and the population around the facility, if not the entire country at great risk. If they had taken into account previous data, they most likely would have been able to find a cure for the strain much faster, instead of waiting for the strain to mutate into something harmless as it did in the ending

There was an eerie silence as she walked down the corridor. Click clack click clack.. The sound of her footsteps echoed off the walls. She glanced out the window, the clouds were rolling in a deep black front. The trees were contorting from the wind, flashes of lightning illuminate her face. Those soft, caring eyes, and gorgeous brown hair. The epitome of perfection. She quickly pulls herself away from the window, she can't be distracted. Not now. Patient 13 had escaped and she was the only staff in. tick.. tick.. tick.. tick.. Time was running out, she had to find the patient before the storm hit. She had checked every floor except for this one; floor #2. Something seemed different about this floor to her. There was something off. There was no humming of equipment like there would normally be. Just silence. Rooms 210-224 were empty and untouched. All the sheets

“What kind of virus would do that to a human being?” said Dr.Timmy. I need to have tests done on this person, and see what’s happening to him. “Hey, Larry we’re going to have some tests done with you, so we can find out what’s wrong with you. Is that ok?” asked Dr.Timmy. It’s 1880 and in the Mid West.

I have decided to speak of Andromeda, which has an interesting history for my taste and has many interesting facts, for example "Pegaso" shares with the contelacion star Cassiopeia and Cepheus, Kings of Ethiopia were the parents of Andromeda. The Queen Cassiopeia boasted of the beauty of his daughter, and likened it to the Nereids, daughters of the God of the sea Poseidon. Sea goddesses, in response to this affront, Poseidon demanded revenge and it was like this sent a sea monster (Cetus) to destroy the coasts of the country. Cepheus went to the Oracle of Zeus who advised him as the only way to calm the anger of the gods and get rid of the monster was sacrificing his daughter Andromeda attaching it to a rock on the cliff so that the Monster

I am reading The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason and I am on page 104. This book is about a college student, Tom, and three of his other roommates who all have links to a very mysterious, very old book called the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili In their search to interpret and decode the book. Discovering what the book means proves very important and difficult to Tom because his father was an avid follower to the book, he dedicated the last 3 decades to interpreting the book. In this journal I will be connecting and evaluating.

He looked so calm but I knew he was as scared as me. It wouldn’t take long for the infected to reach us we had to hurry. Hold on a moment I better at least tell you who I am. I’m Kennith Rennell but everyone just calls me Ken. This is my version of what happened to me and my friends Mattie Day and Joyce Carlyle following October 26 year 2050. Over the last few months Matt and I had been working on a vaccine for the corrupt cancer known as G-23. After intense research we found that we could only make a vaccine.

In his acknowledgements, Crichton describes the story of the Andromeda Strain as a "chronicle of heroism and intelligence." Although the scientists make many mistakes, they do pursue their task with courage and tenacity. In the first place, they show foresight in even envisioning the possibility of an alien bacteria coming to earth in a returning satellite. Stone in particular is a visionary because he is one of the few scientists who take seriously Rudolph Karp's claim to have discovered bacteria in meteorites. During the crisis, the scientists go about their tasks with logic and precision. They are relentless in their pursuit of knowledge, getting little sleep during the four days the crisis lasts. At no point do

A major part of the book deals with human monsters, with unjustifiable and unforgivable actions. It is full of reminiscence of a dying father. The book shows promise of a predictable ending yet keeps the thrill of the wait and keeps the reader in anticipation. The book leaves the reader in a dilemma of who to root for, an ancient predator driven instincts of survival or a man driven by rage, greed and lust with not much repercussion of his actions. The description of America with people walking into a hardware store and walking out with guns and dynamite because

The newly designed measles virus was in fact on its way to cure cancer; until it ultimately mutated. Fast-forward three years after the human clinical trails and the human population Of New York City appears to be extinct. The only sign of human civilization is one man, Robert Nevile and his dog Sam. Robert was a Lieutenant Colonel in the US army before the virus mutated. Colonel Nevile studied the out break and spread of viruses while assigned to the army.

The Anonymous virus, known as the Missouri virus, originated from the same genome of the Pennsylvania virus. The public in Missouri will experience the hemorrhoids fever symptoms but none will result in death. This classifies the virus as non-lethal, and will only cause harm resulting from the symptoms. As stated in the diagram, the virus in Alabama and Pennsylvania both correlated from the same viral genome. Providing information on the viral strain-modifying parts of the genome to accumulate different results in outbreaks. As done in previous transitioning periods of the virus, the strain can alter the sequence again resulting in possible death and higher percentages of death than the 30% in Alabama. The Missouri population are experiencing

Prophet Abidemi had never made a false claim in his entire life. Yet, the stakes were much higher with his most recent prediction, mass extinction. A private research laboratory had been established near his village in Botswana, they experimented with various strains of viruses and bacteria, recreating some of the most deadly plagues in our history. Millions of dollars had been poured in from investors in hopes of creating and eradicating so-called “super viruses.” Because of the enormous amount of money put into the project, The NOVA Laboratory had some of the best staff and facilities in the world. In particular, internationally renowned pathologist, Dr. Matthew Schultz, was head of operations at NOVA, and had even quit his job at the C.D.C. in order to join the project. However, these experts and state-of-the-art equipment didn’t mean anything to the villagers, the lab was seen as witchcraft, a nonessential to their non-modern society; but it was much more than that, it was a threat to their entire existence. Abidemi had singled out the lab as the origin of the impending doom foretold in his visions and, along with his followers, he attempted

Their ultimate goal becomes apparent when an encrypted message from mission control reveals that the source of the virus has been traced to one of the research bases in Antarctica, if they find the base they find the cure. After months of barely surviving everything that the Antarctic can through at them and even more, the crew finally stumble by luck onto the base responsible for the virus out break. As for the cure, nothing can be done until they reach a far more sophisticated lab, which is located back on the main land. They find an icebreaker ship that was brought in from sea during a massive storm trapped in ice just off the