When it comes to a serious illness, most people start to panic. People don’t always know how to deal with something serious, especially if it can have the possibly of killing. In the book The Hot Zone there are multiple examples of people who panicked somewhat from contracted the virus. Nurse Mayinga, who had contracted the disease, knew she was coming down with the symptoms of the disease. Instead of trying to fix things and get help, she went into complete denial. She tried to run away from her problems and started to panic a little (page 84). Another example is when a man named Karl Johnson had heard about Ebola and emailed Mr. Preston. In the email he stated the virus was not fascinating. Instead he was terribly scared by it (page 90).  I haven’t had a serious illness, but I have gotten the flu or a cold. I don’t panic when it happens, but I do milk it. I make a bigger deal about it then I need to. I act like haven’t the cold is the worst thing ever and use it as an excuse sometimes to not do anything. So in general, I think people make some sicknesses a bigger deal then needed. When it comes to a serious illness people start to panic and run away from it.