Ethical Dilemma

In the novel The Hot Zone ethical issues arise while on the trail to uncover the mysteries of Ebola. Monkeys are used as test subjects to figure out how the disease is spread and the conditions it leaves the animals in once it has killed them. Depending on which side someone is on they may have a different look on the matter. animal activists may state that these animals are taken from their homes only to die. Even the 'control' animals end up sick, as stated in The Hot Zone by a researcher named Nancy Jaxx "The control monkeys had not been infected with Ebola..." but soon those monkeys would contract elbola and die. The animals lives were used so we could find out that Ebola can travel through the air to find a new host. On the other hand, the lives of these animals are not wasted. the few things discovered while researching them could've saved many lives of humans.The monkeys themselves are genetically close to humans and many things that effect them have the same effect on us. Finding out just one way the disease is spread can save many lives of friends and family.