Flesh-eating Viruses in Real Life and in the Movies

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1) Introduction: Straying from the truth is a must when making any movie especially one adapted from real life occurrences. It is the only way production companies can make money off the movie. In the move Outbreak, several liberties were taken to make the story of the Ebola ‘incident' more exciting.
a) In the movie there were numerous statements, portrayals and plot devices used for dramatic purposes only, and did not in fact occur in the real life Ebola scare.
i) The Ebola virus spreads at an epidemic rate when in the USA and dissimilar to known Ebola strain it is airborne it is not transmitted by direct human-to-human contact.
ii) The Ebola virus had a 100% mortality rate within a one day.
iii) Character Maj. Gen. Donald McClintock wants to control the virus and use it as a biological weapon.
2) Plot Device #1: The Ebola virus spreads at an epidemic rate when in the USA.
a) In the movie the virus......

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Title: Ebola--Real Life And Movies
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