{"id":73285,"date":"2020-02-13T05:49:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T11:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=73285"},"modified":"2020-02-13T05:49:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T11:49:36","slug":"the-day-before-tomorrow-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=73285","title":{"rendered":"The Day Before Tomorrow, In Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

“This meeting of the State Committee for National Security will come to order.\u00a0 First item of business, a report on biological warfare research.\u00a0 Minister? Minister?\u00a0 Uh, does anybody know where the Minister is?”
“Excuse me, sir. I’m from that department.”
“Who are you?”
“I’m the Assistant to the Junior Deputy’s Secretary.”
“Where’s everybody else?”
“Dead, sir.\u00a0 Or missing.”
“WHAT?\u00a0 What’s going on in your department?”
“Well, sir, we used gene splicing to engineer a virus targeted at a specific racial group and the lab tests went so well that we needed a larger scale test.\u00a0 The plan was to release the virus in an enemy city but the scientist carrying the vial got car-jacked and the vial shattered.”
“Has the population been quarantined so they don’t spread it?”
“Too late for that, sir.\u00a0 Most of the infected fled the city before the quarantine was announced.\u00a0 They’re currently spreading the virus around the globe.”
“How bad is it?”
“Well, sir, that depends on who you ask.\u00a0 Our official press releases claim the virus is less deadly than influenza, hardly anybody is infected and practically nobody has died.”
“Well, that’s a relief.”
“Yes, sir, that’s why we said it.\u00a0 The truth is we have no idea how many people are infected and no treatment for those who are. Millions could die.”
“Excuse me, I’m sorry to interrupt, Mr. Chairman, I just have to ask this young man: Are You Insane?\u00a0 Did you actually attempt to genetically engineer a virus to target a race?”
“Yes, we did.\u00a0 Why?”
“Because race is merely a social construct.\u00a0 There’s no such thing as race.\u00a0 We’re All Going to Die!”
“In that case, sir, motion to adjourn.”
Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And SCENE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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