It's a scary scenario: A genetically engineered
Nipah virus is sprayed into the air during a July 4th celebration in
Washington, D.C., and across the country, killing more than 6,000
people.
A badly prepared United States does almost
nothing at first, and people die as officials scramble to get a grip on
what happened.
"We discovered later that other attacks had already begun elsewhere
in the nation, using methods we have yet to identify that spread the
disease among livestock in rural communities," the hypothetical chair of
a joint Congressional committee says.
"Delays in recognition — because most
veterinarians and physicians had never seen Nipah virus — meant animals
and people were sick for more than a week before we realized what had
happened."
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Source: NBC News
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