Three ways to stop a virus are vaccines, drugs, and biocontainment. Vaccines are made from a weekend or dead sample of a virus and injected into the body so anti-bodies can be made and be ready when the real virus attacks so the body is ready to defend itself. Vaccines are usually made with a base of eggs. Drugs exist for viruses by introducing molecules that inhibit the systems that the viruses use to infect the body with. Biocontainment is just the containment of biohazardous material such as viruses or the dead carcasses of an organism that the virus lives in. Vaccines are no longer useful at this point because the virus has already infected the hosts. Vaccines only work to prevent viral infections, not stop them after they have already begun. Drugs are not useful at this point because "no drug treatment" (Preston 136) exists to fight this virus. The only option left to stop the virus is through biocontainment. The monkeys would have to be contained and anybody who handles the monkeys will be closely examined. The quickest way to stop the virus would be to kill the monkeys, burn their carcasses, and douse the entire building in chemicals that will kill remaining traces of the virus.
Three ways to stop a virus are vaccines, drugs, and biocontainment. Vaccines are made from a weekend or dead sample of a virus and injected into the body so anti-bodies can be made and be ready when the real virus attacks so the body is ready to defend itself. Vaccines are usually made with a base of eggs. Drugs exist for viruses by introducing molecules that inhibit the systems that the viruses use to infect the body with. Biocontainment is just the containment of biohazardous material such as viruses or the dead carcasses of an organism that the virus lives in. Vaccines are no longer useful at this point because the virus has already infected the hosts. Vaccines only work to prevent viral infections, not stop them after they have already begun. Drugs are not useful at this point because "no drug treatment" (Preston 136) exists to fight this virus. The only option left to stop the virus is through biocontainment. The monkeys would have to be contained and anybody who handles the monkeys will be closely examined. The quickest way to stop the virus would be to kill the monkeys, burn their carcasses, and douse the entire building in chemicals that will kill remaining traces of the virus.
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