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In David Quammen's book, Spillover, he mentions 'The Hot Zone' in a chapter on Ebola. He also mentions that a few scientists he interviewed considered certain aspects, such as bloody tears, 'to be bullshit'.

• Do you think 'The Hot Zone' sensationalises typical Ebola infections?

• How do you feel about the media coverage of Ebola epidemics?

• What could be done to dissuade panic and hysteria among the general public?

Thanks for the reply - I was under the impression that the symptoms had been hyped up somewhat.

Can you expand on the 'out of control immune response'? From what I have read, there's all sorts of ideas to do with kidney failure, liver failure, DIC and inhibition of interferon production that could cause death - there doesn't seem to be much of a confident consensus.

Hello from a teacher who's started to adopt gamification more and more in the classroom!

Do you think you would want to design your own educational games eventually? Or is it better to stick to using already established games?