Contagion Page #4

...here is where we expect to be|in 48 hours.

Dr. Cheever, perhaps you can update us|on the research.

As of right now, no one has found|a good way to grow the virus in cells.

Why is that?

Because it kills every cell we put it in.|A pig, a chicken, everything.

Until we can grow it, and a great deal of it,|we can't experiment with it.

And until then,|we can't vaccinate against it.

Have you found any treatment at all?|Any antivirus? Anything?

No.

Beth Emhoff used an ATM|at a casino in Macao.

Citibank released her records.

We have her using the machine at 10:43|just off the casino floor.

I wanna see the casino security footage|for two hours on either side of that.

Is there a problem?

Oh, they're from my village.|They found a new cluster there.

- Is your family still there?|- My mother has symptoms.

I'll get you the footage you require.|Excuse me.

Dr. Sussman, I heard that they were|shutting us down.

Yeah, I just have to deal|with the samples.

If it's just a matter of destroying them,|I can do it.

No, I'll take care of it. You go on home.

I'll do that,|and then I just want to recheck some data.

He grew it.

He tried antibodies|and immunological MAC outlines...

...but the key was a fetal-bat cell line|from Geelong.

- We didn't have it.|- He grew it in a BSL-3.

Ally, what the hell was he doing|working with it in a BSL-3?

Ignoring me.

He's gonna publish.|Sh*t. What does he want?

A box of cigars. He had a choice, Ellis.

He could have gone into business|for himself.

There's no doubt he was approached,|but he gave it to us.

- And we're supposed to trust him?|- We don't have a choice.

The Centers for Disease|Control and Prevention in the United States...

...and the World Health Organization|in Switzerland...

...confirmed today that Dr. Ian Sussman|of San Francisco...

...has succeeded in growing|the MEV-1 virus in a laboratory setting.

Officials at the CDC cautioned that|the breakthrough is only the first step...

...toward developing a vaccine...

...which is likely still months away|from human trials.

The WHO estimates the number of people|infected worldwide to be over 8 million.

Now it all changes.

Sussman gets anointed|by the National Academy of Sciences...

...and every pharmaceutical executive|gets a hard-on.

They'll be growing the virus|in every lab on Earth.

It's a bad day to be a rhesus monkey.

Crikey, first we shoot them into space,|now we'll be shooting them full of virus.

So this is where we need your expertise.

Pharmaceutical stocks|are already through the roof.

What's next? Where's the opportunity?

Now, you saw that Shinko bus thing|day one.

That's why we wanted this meeting.

When I turned on my computer|this morning...

...I had over 2 million unique visitors,|all looking for the truth.

You think they wanna see me|talking to some hedge-fund guy?

Mr. Krumwiede,|we don't invent need here.

We just analyze it, predict it.

You tell me what it costs|to look into your crystal ball.

You're familiar with forsythia?

- No, I'm not.|- What I'm about to tell you is backed up...

...by testimonials that will appear shortly|in the media.

I'll be talking about it extensively|in the days ahead.

What does forsythia do?

It's the cure.

If I'm immune,|can't you use my blood to cure this?

Blood serums can take a long time|to make, and are very expensive.

But the good news here|is that you're not going to get sick.

Okay.

Then that would mean that|my daughter can't get it either, right?

I can't promise you that.

But isn't that something|that she would inherit from me?

Well, half her immune system|came from you...

...but the other half|came from her mother.

Almost three hours.

I need to see a doctor|or a supervisor or something.

I wanna know if he has this thing|on the news.

I'm sorry, sir,|we're doing the best we can.

Can I just speak to an administrator|or something? Anybody.

Sir, please be patient. We'll get you in...

He's sick!

My wife makes me take off|my clothes in the garage.

Then she leaves out a bucket of warm water|and some soap.

And then she douses everything|in hand sanitizer after I leave.

I mean, she's overreacting, right?

Not really.|And stop touching your face, Dave.

Okay, we'll put the air lock here.

I want 25 rows of 10 beds apiece.|The most febrile cases at this end.

We'll set up triage outside,|FEMA can handle food in the basement...

...and we'll need to be operational|within the next 24 to 48 hours.

Gotcha.

- Nice job, Dave. This will work.|- Thanks.

Now find me three more just like it.

Excuse me, Dr. Mears.|Is this coming out of your budget or ours?

WHO has confirmed|that the Hong Kong sample...

...matches London,|Tokyo and Abu Dhabi...

...and we're seeing large clusters in|from Frankfurt and Cairo.

Are we any closer to an index patient?

Could be your Beth Emhoff|or the guy on the bus in Japan.

Someone else who crawled off the grid.|How you doing?

Yeah, good.|I'm going into a meeting with...

No, I didn't ask what you were doing,|I asked how you were doing.

How are you doing?

I'm...

I'm fine.

Fine?

You know, I was in the field for 15 years.

I've seen a lot of sh*t.|If you're not doing fine, you can tell me.

You ever have to tell a man|who just lost his wife and stepson...

...that his wife was cheating on him|before she died?

No, I haven't.

I'm sure you did the best you could.

You sound tired.

You gotta try to remember to sleep|once in a while.

When was the last time you had something|that didn't come out of a vending machine?

Taco Bell.

Local officials are now saying|over 3000 cases have been confirmed...

...in the western suburbs...

...as well as the first cases reported in|Ramsey, Carlton and Saint Louis counties...

...as the virus continues to spread.

- Got it!|- A state Health Department spokesperson...

...at this hour is appealing to hospitals|as far away as lowa for medicine.

No, don't open that door.|Don't open the door.

- It's Andrew.|- Sorry, Andrew, I can't let you in.

I just came to give my condolences,|Mr. Emhoff.

I understand. Thank you.|But I can't let you in.

I'll just leave them, then.

No, actually, you should take them.|Thank you, though.

- I'll call you later.|- Bye.

We just, you know,|aren't gonna take any chances.

- Do you know how to play this?|- No, I have no idea what's going on.

But it looks fun.

You wanna try?

Okay.

We'll see.

Hello. Hi.

Oh, yeah, my turn, okay.

This one. Crab. Okay.

Oh, my God. I'll do...|What is that? Which one is this?

- Coin.|- It's a coin.

Oh, okay, okay, okay.

It's transmission.|So we just need to know which direction.

But we don't know where it comes from.

I would like to suggest|that the virus started before Macao...

...and maybe here in Hong Kong.

You're considering|pronouncements with serious implications.

A virus is too small to be seen|on video camera.

Please, God.

No, no, no.

Hello?

This is Dr. Erin Mears in Room 821.

I need you to get me the names of everyone|who serviced this room in the last 24 hours.

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