What is the author's tone in The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett?

The tone of the novel is highly varied, since Garrett does try to show all sides of the story of disease in the world. At times, the individual stories being told are combative, in that there were many professionals along the way who combated government and social policies in place that helped give rise to a variety of different diseases. These pioneers in the medical profession sought to change and break the rules in an effort to help save the world from epidemics.