Contagion Page #6

Stay away from other people, understand?|Keep your distance from other people.

Call me when you're on the road, Aubrey.

Roger.

Did you hear?

I got people too, Dr. Cheever.

We all do.

Hello?

Hey, friend,|what's up with blowing off dinner?

- I'm sorry, Liz.|- Why you so flaky? You feeling okay?

This flu sh...

Stuff is really spooky.|What does Ellis say?

He says it's... he says it's serious.

What do you mean, serious?

Where are you?

- I'm getting out of town.|- What?

I'm gonna tell you something...

...and you're not gonna repeat it.

- Cover your mouth, please.|- F*** off, lady.

We will only be able|to give out 50 doses today.

- What?|- That's our allotment.

This is bullshit.

There... Excuse me, there's a line here.|Excuse me!

Jesus.

Where's the fire department?

Is anyone even working here?

Just get the cereal.

- Jory, don't touch anything.|- Help me.

Okay, take your gloves off.

Here, give me your hands.

Okay. I want you to really rub this in.

Okay, okay, come on.

Come on, come on.

Get away from there. Get away.

Lock the door.

Get back in your car, sir.|Get back in your car.

- No, no, I'm not... I'm immune.|- Stay back.

I've already had it.

- And my daughter's not sick.|- She's sick?

She's not, no.|We're just trying to get to Wisconsin.

The border is sealed.|The governor has declared a quarantine.

Get back in your car.

No, we don't wanna go back there.|We wanna go across.

- There is no way across. Get in your car.|- We're not sick.

Get back in your car or I will detain you.

Where?

Get in the car!

- What happened?|- We have to go home.

What are you doing here?

I think I had a seizure.

I can't... I can't find any in the stores.|I tried.

Look, I don't have any here.|People broke in.

I'm... I'm pregnant, Alan.

And I have... I have money.

I can give you some money.

Lorraine, you shouldn't be out.

- Please, Alan.|- Go home.

I'll bring it to you when I get it.

I was wondering|if I could get another blanket.

This one's very damp now.

I'm truly sorry, sir. We're out of blankets.

We're hoping for more to be donated.|We put the word out.

What about the heat?|Can we turn that up?

I'll find out.

- When did we run out of body bags?|- Two days ago.

We're trying to get more in from Canada,|but they just wanna wait and see.

No more lies!|No more lies! No more lies!

There are stories on the Internet|that in India and elsewhere...

...the drug ribavirin has been shown|to be effective against this virus.

Yet Homeland Security is telling the CDC|not to make any announcements...

...until stockpiles of the drug|could be secured.

Well, Dr. Gupta, there continue|to be evaluations of several drugs.

Ribavirin is among them.

But right now, our best defense|has been social distancing.

No hand-shaking,|staying home when you're sick...

...washing your hands frequently.

Can you tell us, to date, how many people|have died from this virus?

Very difficult. We're still working|on confirming that number.

There are 50 different states|in this country...

...which means there are 50 different|Health Departments...

...followed by 50 different protocols.

Let me bring Alan Krumwiede|into this debate as well.

Alan's a freelance journalist.

He was the first|to track the "Shinko Bus Man" video.

Alan, today on Twitter...

...you wrote that the truth about this virus|is being kept from the world...

...by the CDC,|by the World Health Organization...

...to allow friends of the administration|to benefit from it...

...both financially and physically.

There are therapies we know|are effective right now, like forsythia...

...and they don't even appear|on the CDC website.

On your blog, you also wrote...

...that the World Health Organization|is in bed with pharmaceutical companies?

Because they are.

That's who stands to gain from this.|They're working hand in glove.

And the hand is reaching|into our pockets.

The CDC is exploring forsythia|and other homeopathic treatments.

But right now, there's no science|to back any of these claims.

Or no way Dr. Cheever or the people|who put him into power can profit from it.

We're not ruling anything out.

There are people who are sick,|people who are dying, and we are doing...

They're not keeping us safe from this|any more than...

We're concerned|about every American citizen.

Dr. Cheever is being a bit disingenuous|when he says "every American citizen."

We're working very hard to find out|where this virus came from, treat it...

...and vaccinate against it if we can.

We don't know all of that yet,|we just don't.

What we do know|is that in order to become sick...

...you have to first come in contact with|a sick person or something they touched.

In order to get scared, all you have to do|is come in contact with a rumor...

...television or the Internet.

I think what Mr. Krumwiede is spreading|is far more dangerous than the disease.

- Oh, really?|- Yes.

- That's funny.|- What's funny?

You're funny,|because if you check on Facebook...

...you'll find a communiqu attributed|to Dr. Cheever by Elizabeth Nygaard...

...about the quarantine of Chicago hours|before it was announced to the public.

That's why I think|he's a bit disingenuous...

...when he says equal care for all|and not just his friends.

Some pretty wild allegations here,|Dr. Cheever.

Can you tell us what communication|appeared and when?

What is the nature of your relationship|with Nygaard?

I'm not aware of anything attributed to me|on any social network.

I'm sure you're not. It is there. It is there.

Tell them what an R-nought of two|really means, Dr. Cheever.

Teach them some math.

No? I'll do it.

On day 1, there were two people with it,|and then there were four.

And then it was 16,|and you think you've got it in front of you...

...but next it's 256, and then it's 65,000...

...and it's behind you, above you,|and all around you.

In 30 steps, it's a billion sick.

Three months.|It's a math problem you can do on a napkin.

And that's where we're headed.

And that's why you won't even tell us|the number of the dead...

...will you, Dr. Cheever?

But you'll tell your friends|when to get out of Chicago...

...before anyone else has a chance.

They're looking for a scapegoat.

You just made it easy.

The only reason we're not taking this|to the attorney general...

...is because we can't replace you|right now.

But there's gonna be an investigation.|Do you understand that?

And we don't wanna see you|in front of the cameras anymore.

Where did you come from?

- It's mutated.|- Which way, better or worse?

It's moved into|an African HIV AIDS population.

The Durban cluster is highly divergent.

We have a new R-nought, Ellis.|It's not two anymore.

I thought you said once we could|grow it, we could vaccinate against it.

We tried using dead virus combined|with atrophins to boost immune response.

And?

No protective antibodies,|a lot of dead monkeys.

- Can you get to the good news?|- Now we have to try a live attenuated virus.

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