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“On the contrary, Dr Lee, a pandemic is a certainty And it will kill millions before it runs out of victims”

Song Lee glanced at the door to the auditorium “That’s not what I heard in there Everyone seemed quite optimistic that this epidemic can be contained”

“That’s because the speakers don’t know all the facts”

“What are the facts, Dr Huang? Why is this SARS epidemic any different from the last?”

“There is so I must tell youthis business about SARSwell, it’s a fraud”

Lee glared at Huang

“What are you saying?”

“The epideen, a variation of the influenza virus”

“Why didn’t you tell me this? Why did you let me blather on about SARS?”

“It pained me to do so, but the presentation was intended as a s with is erous than SARS”

“The experts speaking in the auditoriu to differ”

“That’s because we have been feeding the information When they have asked for speciiven the to prevent a panic”

She felt a dryness in her mouth

“What is this new pathogen?”

“It is a mutated form of the old influenza strain It spreads faster, and the her Death comes more quickly and more often It’s incredibly adaptable”