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-Disgusting.

I'm sorry, guys.

The botfly larva is

a multicellular parasite.

It's fairly easily

removed, as you saw.

And you just cover

that breathing hole

with a piece of tape.

Pokes its head up for some air.

Pull it out.

Ecuador, 1987.

Pulled that little guy

out of my elbow.

Now, I don't know if any of you

are following the news.

If you're not, you should be.

There's something going around

that's making people sick.

Most are now speculating that

it's parasitic, like this guy.

Can anyone tell me

what a parasite is?

Yes, Evan.

It's, an organism

that lives in another organism.

Or on another organism,

like head lice.

Remember when you had

head lice, Emma?

Did just stay that?

I'm sorry.

-No.

-Anyway, look at this.

Parasites, all right?

These guys cannot survive

on their own, okay?

They need a host.

Now, sometimes they live

peacefully inside their hosts,

but sometimes... this is

what fascinates me, guys...

Sometimes they take control,

going so far as to manipulate

their behavior.

Toxoplasma gondii.

This is a parasite that gets

inside of a rat's brain

and makes the rat completely

fearless around cats.

Why?

Because Toxo only reproduces

in a cat's intestines.

So the cat eats the rat,

and the cycle then begins again.

Is it like how zombies

are always biting people

to turn them into more zombies?

Know what? It's kind of.

I mean, the question being...

When does a host stop

being an animal

and simply become a vehicle

Gracie.

For the parasite?

-Are you okay?

-A vehicle, mind you,

with about as much control

as an airplane over a pilot.

This is always for the greater good.

-Are you okay?

It's always in

the name of reproduction,

of-of proliferation.

Now, this parasite that

we're dealing with overseas

is most likely single-cell.

Gracie!

Hey, have you seen a girl?

Gracie!

Gracie?

Gracie?

Gracie?

Gracie?

Gracie...

Gracie.

My God.

Help!

Help me!

What happened?

I don't know.

-What's her name?

-Gracie.

Gracie, hey.

Gracie?

Gracie?

Get help.

Go get the nurse.

You're okay.

Somebody help!

Help!

Over here, straight.

Open your mouth.

Look up. Up.

Great.

And, Emma, do you know

if Gracie has been exposed

to any livestock?

I don't think so.

Do you know

if she's come into contact

with anyone who's

traveled internationally?

Her mom got back from

San Francisco this weekend.

Okay, and did Gracie mention

anything about not feeling well?

Last night, she said

that her throat hurt.

This morning, when I saw her,

she looked pretty sick.

Did she describe

any other symptoms?

Yesterday, she said

she was really hungry,

but I didn't think there was

anything weird about that.

Okay.

Did any of her discharge

enter your nose or mouth?

No.

The health department

has just instructed us

to cancel classes for today.

Now, this is just

a precaution...

No. No, it was one of

the other girls in the class.

-Where is she?

-Hang on.

She's fine.

Honey, she's fine,

I'm telling you.

Mom, I'm fine.

See? She's fine.

What about you?

What's going on?

Nothing?

There's no cabs?

Stacey.

That's sick.

We need one of those.

They're checking all

the cars that are leaving town.

All right, guys, look,

Mom's stuck at the airport.

She can't get a taxi.

I'm gonna go pick her up.

I want the two of you to go

straight home, you got it?

How are we supposed

to get there?

-Hey.

-Hey, Gracie...

Gotcha, you're

talking to a machine.

Leave a message. Bye.

Hey, Gracie,

it-it's me, it's Emma.

Look, I'm really

worried about you, okay?

So please just give me

a call back when you get this.

Bye.

Hi, Dad.

Girls, I can't

get back into town.

What?

They've closed

all the roads.

Well, where's Mom?

Is she with you?

No, she's not,

she's still at the airport

because they're not letting

people in the area, okay?

What's going on? Where are you?

I'm at the store

on route 26.

A bunch of us are waiting here.

Girls, listen to me,

this is important.

The whole county's

under quarantine.

What does that mean?

Means we're f***ed.

Stacey.

It means that this thing

is serious enough

they don't want anybody

going in or out of town.

Now, I'm gonna head

back to the airport

and try and get your mom, okay?

We'll be back as soon as we can.

-Okay.

-Listen, promise me two things, okay?

Yeah. What?

No fighting

and no boys over.

Yeah.

Say it, promise.

Yes, promise.

Bye, Dad.

Okay, bye. I love you.

I can't order pizza.

The Web site's on crack.

Boy.

We could have

Great Grains cereal

mixed with meat-flavored

pasta sauce.

See, this is what happens

when Mom leaves us.

Mayonnaise could be useful.

Brownies?

For dinner?

Despite,

obviously, the extraordinary

pain and hardship,

of the families

and-and persons

who've been affected,

and despite the fact

that we have

to take this very seriously,

it is important

to remind ourselves

this is not an airborne disease.

This is one

that can be controlled

and contained very effectively,

if we use the right protocols.

What are you doing?

I was watching that.

It was boring and depressing.

Stacey, did you hear that?

Sta...?

Hello?

Hello?

-Stacey!

-What?

-Someone's standing at the front door.

-Who?

I don't know!

Come on.

I'm telling you,

I saw someone out there.

Don't just open the door...

Stacey!

See? Nobody there.

My God!

I think you both just

sh*t your pants.

How did you even sneak

in here with crutches?

'Cause I'm a ninja

with the hide-a-key.

You know, there is a curfew.

I don't even know what

a curfew is.

-Stacey, Dad said that...

-Says a lot of things.

Hi.

Okay.

That her...?

You want to get some of this,

you got to beat me upstairs.

That's so sad that

you can't walk like a human.

This whole worm flu thing

is worse than the president

and CDC are willing to admit.

Since when does the flu make you

want to attack people?

That doesn't sound

like the flu to me.

And plus, you can't

just quarantine

half the state of California

and not declare martial law.

That's unconstitutional.

Hey, Obama,

you can quarantine my...

What is all this?

Hey, Bill, what's going on?

Stacey!

Boring.

Band-Aid. Boring.

What's this?

That's a flare.

Be careful.

Okay.

My God.

If you come

in contact with someone

"who exhibits symptoms,

please notify the CDC

"or your local authorities

via the Web site listed below,

or contact the CDC hotline."

Are we supposed to wear these?

I think so.

Why are you doing The Robot?

Did you just kill yourself?

I am so Asian right now.

That's not racist at all.

You're so serious.

Lighten up.

It is serious, Stacey.

Look at this stuff.

-Look at this?

-It's a flashlight.

Yeah, but it winds up.

Hey, Mom.

Is that your mom?

No, no, no, we're okay.

-Tell her I say hi.

-Yeah, it's just us.

-Where is she?

-Where are you?

She's still at the airport.

We're fine.

-O-M-G.

-What?

Beef taco filling

in a box in a bag.

What's your IQ?

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