Question

Read the excerpt from The Hot Zone and the summary that follows it.

Half of this biocontainment operation was going to be news containment. C. J. Peters's comments to The Washington Post were designed to create an impression that the situation was under control, safe, and not all that interesting. C. J. was understating the gravity of the situation. But he could be very smooth when he wanted, and he used his friendliest voice with the reporters, assuring them over the telephone that there really was no problem, just kind of a routine technical situation. Somehow the reporters concluded that the sick monkeys had been "destroyed as a precaution" when in fact the nightmare, and the reason for troops, was that the animals hadn't been destroyed.
Summary of central idea: It was very important to keep the truth about this operation from the news.

What best describes this summary of the central idea?

It is a strong summary because it is subjective and provides the writer’s opinion about the paragraph’s central idea.
It is a strong summary because it is objective and accurately expresses the paragraph’s central idea.
It is a weak summary because it is subjective and does not provide the writer’s opinion about the paragraph’s central idea.
It is a weak summary because it is objective and does not accurately express the paragraph’s central idea.
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Answer 1

It is a strong summary because it is objective and accurately expresses the paragraph’s central idea.

Step-by-step explanation:

The summary of the excerpt from "The Hot Zone" reflects the way in which the situation was hidden to the media. In front of reporters, C. J. Peters pretended that nothing was occurring and that everything was under control, so everyone assumed that the infected monekeys had been destroyed. However, they had not, which was a potential danger for fatal diseases to spread.

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