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Kelly sighed, opening her eyes for the first tiht," she said, looking right at me "I ran the numbers over and over I had an intern pull the census data six times It’s all accurate"

"But--"

"Less than eleven percent of the population suffers from reservoir conditions Last year, they accounted for thirty-eight percent of the KA-related deaths" Kelly’s tone was gri to , this can’t be happening"

"Maybe it was a glitch," suggested Dave "Statistical anoht?"

Becks snorted "Yeah, and respected CDC doctors totally help their employees fake death by clone over statistical anooes back ten years, and it’s consistent all the way through Every year, more people with reservoir conditions die than can be supported by reasonable projections--not from spontaneous amplification, not because they were stupid, not for any reason that I can find And no one’s ever said, ‘Hey,her head a little "That’s not right There have been project proposals that would have addressed these nuet shut down There’s always so, et involved, and the reservoir conditions get pushed to the back burner Again, and again, and again"

"So what, you think it’s intentional suppression?" asked Alaric

"Last year, there was a six-billion-dollar study on a new strain of MRSA that’s cropped up in two hospitals in North Carolina We could have done it on a third of the budget and half the manpower It was busywork There’s so damn much busywork" She rubbed her temple with the heel of one hand, frustration evident "The CDC is supported by the governanization, but that isn’t how the funding works out"

"Was Tate involved?"

The question was soft, reasonable; it took me a moment to realize that I’d asked it

"Not with that study," said Kelly Hope flared and died immediately as she continued: "He was one of the supporters of continuing cancer research You know, since cancer will becoain once Kellis-Aoes to things like that, and reservoir conditions just get ignored"

hink itight="0eet are we talking about?" asked Alaric "Eleven billion dollars"

Dave whistled, long and low "That’s not chue"