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"Bullshit," said Dr Abbey "There are plenty of ways to test that sort of thing Take Joe I exposed hiot better, he developed his first reservoir condition I exposed hiot better, he developed his second reservoir condition At this point, I could bathe hiet a little dehydrated and have some chest pains, but they’d pass quickly Test passed"

"How many puppies did you start with?" countered Kelly

Dr Abbey looked uncomfortable for the first time "Joe wasn’t the first subject, true But he’s been the most successful"

"So wait a second," said Becks "Are you people saying what I think you’re saying?"

"That depends Rebecca, do you think they’re saying that a person with a pronounced enough reservoir condition can coive babies reservoir conditios by exposing theo zo But I’ain "George was the smart one Too bad she’s the one who died"

"Two in ten thousand," repeated Kelly, like it was soer if you had that figure? Could you have put the gun to her head and let her go to keep anybody else fro hurt if you knew there was a chance--even a tiny, tiny little chance--that she’d get better?"

No, said George

"Yes," I said, but there was no strength behind the word I think everyone knew that I was lying I don’t think any of theht to blame me

Kelly shook her head "Society would collapse Everyone would start to think they were special, they would be the ones whose et better They’d start hesitating before they fired"

"Shoot first, ask questions later," said Becks, very quietly "I hate to say this, Shaun, but she’s right If people stopped shooting, it’d be a bloodbath Nobody would be willing to risk killing soht recover"

"And while they’re sick, they’re really sick The virus isn’t any kinder to their bodies than it would be to yours, or to mine," said Kelly "They can hurt people, and they can infect people, before their fevers start to go down Can you i that you’d killed and eaten your entire family? And what happens if your faistering as part of thebecause we learned that once sooing to die"

"Nice speech, but there’s soot, Doc," I said, as mildly as I could

"What’s that?"