https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php?title=Great_Pandemic_of_2049&feed=atom&action=historyGreat Pandemic of 2049 - Revision history2024-03-28T20:57:53ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.6https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php?title=Great_Pandemic_of_2049&diff=55244&oldid=prevBarichD at 18:29, 3 September 20102010-09-03T18:29:29Z<p></p>
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</table>BarichDhttps://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php?title=Great_Pandemic_of_2049&diff=6112&oldid=prevSlonczewski at 04:05, 16 December 20062006-12-16T04:05:58Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''The Great Pandemic of 2049''' refers to the release of the hybrid [[chimeravirus]] by religious extremists in 2049. The pandemic nearly caused the extinction of the human race in less than six months, but nearly 100 million people survived thanks to [[Microbots|Asamov Immuno-Supplementation Microbots]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''The Great Pandemic of 2049''' refers to the release of the hybrid [[chimeravirus]] by religious extremists in 2049. The pandemic nearly caused the extinction of the human race in less than six months, but nearly 100 million people survived thanks to [[Microbots|Asamov Immuno-Supplementation Microbots]].</div></td></tr>
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</table>Slonczewskihttps://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php?title=Great_Pandemic_of_2049&diff=6086&oldid=prevMschlemm at 18:09, 8 December 20062006-12-08T18:09:27Z<p></p>
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</table>Mschlemmhttps://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php?title=Great_Pandemic_of_2049&diff=6067&oldid=prevMschlemm at 14:28, 6 December 20062006-12-06T14:28:32Z<p></p>
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</table>Mschlemmhttps://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php?title=Great_Pandemic_of_2049&diff=6062&oldid=prevMschlemm at 14:08, 6 December 20062006-12-06T14:08:32Z<p></p>
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</table>Mschlemmhttps://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php?title=Great_Pandemic_of_2049&diff=6061&oldid=prevMschlemm at 14:07, 6 December 20062006-12-06T14:07:14Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[chimeravirus]] was developed by an unknown Russian geneticist in 2048. Commissioned by the Christian extremist group [[4 Horsemen]], the geneticist created a hybrid of [[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]] and [[Filoviridae|Ebolavirus]], two of the deadliest viruses at the time, and combined them with [[Paramyxoviridae|Respiratory Syncytial Virus]], an airborne virus that causes lower respiratory infections. [[4 Horsemen]] intended to use the virus as a [[terrorism|terrorist]] weapon in their cause to bring about the [[apocalypse]], but records show that even they were not prepared for how deadly the virus would be.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[chimeravirus]] was developed by an unknown Russian geneticist in 2048. Commissioned by the Christian extremist group [[4 Horsemen]], the geneticist created a hybrid of [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Human immunodeficiency virus|</ins>Human Immunodeficiency Virus]] and [[Filoviridae|Ebolavirus]], two of the deadliest viruses at the time, and combined them with [[Paramyxoviridae|Respiratory Syncytial Virus]], an airborne virus that causes lower respiratory infections. [[4 Horsemen]] intended to use the virus as a [[terrorism|terrorist]] weapon in their cause to bring about the [[apocalypse]], but records show that even they were not prepared for how deadly the virus would be.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Patient Zero]] was [[Eugene Reyes]], a member of 4 Horsemen who called himself "Pestilence," after the first of the [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]. Living in [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]], he purposefully infected himself with the virus with the intention of infecting the entire Middle East--where 4 Horsemen believed the final battle between the [[Antichrist]] and [[Jesus]] would take place--and eventually the world. He died three weeks later, with the pandemic just beginning to be apparent.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Patient Zero]] was [[Eugene Reyes]], a member of 4 Horsemen who called himself "Pestilence," after the first of the [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]. Living in [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]], he purposefully infected himself with the virus with the intention of infecting the entire Middle East--where 4 Horsemen believed the final battle between the [[Antichrist]] and [[Jesus]] would take place--and eventually the world. He died three weeks later, with the pandemic just beginning to be apparent.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Even early in the virus' spread, it became apparent that there was one population that was unaffected. Former sufferers of [[HIV]] and some who had undergone [[chemotheraphy]] who had allowed themselves to be installed with [[microbots]] seemed utterly unaffected. Analysis of the virus shows why: chimeravirus, in its initial stages, attacks white blood cells primarily, thus disabling any potential immune response in the later stages. Microbots, being of artificial construct, are invulnerable to [[retrovirus|retroviral]] attacks. Furthermore, microbots need not wait for the immune system to produce [[antibodies]], but instead a "virus definition update," which the microbot's manufacturer, [[Asamov Nanotech]], provided free of charge.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Even early in the virus' spread, it became apparent that there was one population that was unaffected. Former sufferers of [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Human immunodeficiency virus|</ins>HIV]] and some who had undergone [[chemotheraphy]] who had allowed themselves to be installed with [[microbots]] seemed utterly unaffected. Analysis of the virus shows why: chimeravirus, in its initial stages, attacks white blood cells primarily, thus disabling any potential immune response in the later stages. Microbots, being of artificial construct, are invulnerable to [[retrovirus|retroviral]] attacks. Furthermore, microbots need not wait for the immune system to produce [[antibodies]], but instead a "virus definition update," which the microbot's manufacturer, [[Asamov Nanotech]], provided free of charge.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Mschlemmhttps://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php?title=Great_Pandemic_of_2049&diff=6060&oldid=prevMschlemm at 14:05, 6 December 20062006-12-06T14:05:01Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Great Pandemic of 2049 refers to the release of the hybrid [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Chimeravirus</del>]] by religious extremists in 2049. The pandemic nearly caused the extinction of the human race in less than six months, but nearly 100 million people survived <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">due </del>to [[Microbots|Asamov Immuno-Supplementation Microbots]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Great Pandemic of 2049 refers to the release of the hybrid [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">chimeravirus</ins>]] by religious extremists in 2049. The pandemic nearly caused the extinction of the human race in less than six months, but nearly 100 million people survived <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thanks </ins>to [[Microbots|Asamov Immuno-Supplementation Microbots]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Chimeravirus</del>]] was developed by an unknown Russian geneticist in 2048. Commissioned by the Christian extremist group [[4 Horsemen]], the geneticist created a hybrid of [[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]] and [[Filoviridae|Ebolavirus]], two of the deadliest viruses at the time, and combined them with [[Paramyxoviridae|Respiratory Syncytial Virus]], an airborne virus that causes lower respiratory infections. [[4 Horsemen]] intended to use the virus as a terrorist weapon in their cause to bring about the apocalypse, but records show that even they were not prepared for how deadly the virus would be.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Origins==</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">chimeravirus</ins>]] was developed by an unknown Russian geneticist in 2048. Commissioned by the Christian extremist group [[4 Horsemen]], the geneticist created a hybrid of [[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]] and [[Filoviridae|Ebolavirus]], two of the deadliest viruses at the time, and combined them with [[Paramyxoviridae|Respiratory Syncytial Virus]], an airborne virus that causes lower respiratory infections. [[4 Horsemen]] intended to use the virus as a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[terrorism|</ins>terrorist<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>weapon in their cause to bring about the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>apocalypse<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, but records show that even they were not prepared for how deadly the virus would be.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Patient Zero]] was [[Eugene Reyes]], a member of 4 Horsemen who called himself <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">“Pestilence</del>,<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">” </del>after the first of the [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]. Living in [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]], he purposefully infected himself with the virus with the intention of infecting <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">everyone in </del>the Middle East<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>where 4 Horsemen believed the final battle between the Antichrist and Jesus would take place<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>and eventually the world. He died three weeks later, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">when </del>the pandemic <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </del>just <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">becoming </del>to be apparent.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Patient Zero]] was [[Eugene Reyes]], a member of 4 Horsemen who called himself <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Pestilence</ins>,<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </ins>after the first of the [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]. Living in [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]], he purposefully infected himself with the virus with the intention of infecting the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entire </ins>Middle East<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">--</ins>where 4 Horsemen believed the final battle between the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Antichrist<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Jesus<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>would take place<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">--</ins>and eventually the world. He died three weeks later, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with </ins>the pandemic just <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">beginning </ins>to be apparent.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The virus <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">spread quickly, becoming </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pandemic within weeks of the first cases being reported. Scientists raced to find a way to contain and cure the virus, but the highly virulent nature (classified [[Biosafety Level 4]] by the CDC) of the virus made study difficult. It became apparent, though, that AIDS and cancer patients who had received [[Microbots|Asamov Immuno</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Supplementation Microbots]] as part of their treatment were immune to </del>the disease<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Once this was known, doctors tried to use the microbots as treatment for the Chimeravirus, only to find that the virus replicated faster than the microbots, overpowering the microbots ability to destroy the virus particles</del>. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Spread==</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Pandemic </del>was over in less than six months, leaving a population of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">around 100 </del>million humans. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> Because all </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">these remaining humans had </del>microbots, the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">virus died out</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">unable </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">find hosts to infect</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> The decimated </del>population <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">slowly began </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rebuild </del>the human <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">race again</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Being airborne, the disease spread quickly classified [[Biosafety Level 4]] by the CDC). It is estimated that by the time the first patients started showing symptoms, 15% of the world was already infected. Quarantine efforts were useless. Even small, remote villages were unable to escape the disease.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Interestingly, the spread of the pandemic caused neither rioting nor panic; the human race seemed content to go to its end with a whimper instead of a bang.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Microbots==</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Even early in the virus' spread, it became apparent that there was one population that was unaffected. Former sufferers of [[HIV]] and some who had undergone [[chemotheraphy]] who had allowed themselves to be installed with [[microbots]] seemed utterly unaffected. Analysis of the virus shows why: chimeravirus, in its initial stages, attacks white blood cells primarily, thus disabling any potential immune response in the later stages. Microbots, being of artificial construct, are invulnerable to [[retrovirus|retroviral]] attacks. Furthermore, microbots need not wait for the immune system to produce [[antibodies]], but instead a "virus definition update," which the microbot's manufacturer, [[Asamov Nanotech]], provided free of charge.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">As effective as the microbots were, for those already infected, they offered no salvation. The "installation" of microbots takes several weeks, by which time the chimeravirus is already in its final stages. Used preventatively, however, an estimated 15 million lives were saved by having the microbots installed prior to infection.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Popular folklore has it that Reyes learned that the world AIDS population would survive his plague on his deathbed, to which he laughed and responded simply, "The meek shall inherit the earth."</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pandemic </ins>was over in less than six months, leaving a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">world </ins>population of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">barely 120 </ins>million humans. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">While the virus has run out </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hosts, it is believed to remain dormant in several remote locations, necessitating the importance of installing </ins>microbots <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in each new generation.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">As devastating as the pandemic was</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">like </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[bubonic plague]] of a millennium before, the survivors of the chimeravirus found themselves in a better world. At barely one percent of the pre-chimera population</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the remaining world inhabitants were finally able </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">set aside their few remaining differences and join together into one [[World Government]].</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Many theorists believe our current era of peace, which has been ongoing for seven decades, is contingent on the world population not increasing beyond 250 million</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Interestingly, given normal </ins>population <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">patterns, the human race does not seem likely </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">push this limit any time soon--the world population has remained stable at approximately 150 million for the past two generations, which is even more surprising considering </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">average </ins>human <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[lifespan]] has doubled since the adoption of microbots</ins>.</div></td></tr>
</table>Mschlemmhttps://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php?title=Great_Pandemic_of_2049&diff=6055&oldid=prevMschlemm at 13:17, 6 December 20062006-12-06T13:17:23Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The Great Pandemic of 2049 refers to the release of the hybrid [[Chimeravirus]] by religious extremists in 2049. The pandemic nearly caused the extinction of the human race in less than six months, but nearly 100 million people survived due to [[Microbots|Asamov Immuno-Supplementation Microbots]].<br />
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The [[Chimeravirus]] was developed by an unknown Russian geneticist in 2048. Commissioned by the Christian extremist group [[4 Horsemen]], the geneticist created a hybrid of [[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]] and [[Filoviridae|Ebolavirus]], two of the deadliest viruses at the time, and combined them with [[Paramyxoviridae|Respiratory Syncytial Virus]], an airborne virus that causes lower respiratory infections. [[4 Horsemen]] intended to use the virus as a terrorist weapon in their cause to bring about the apocalypse, but records show that even they were not prepared for how deadly the virus would be.<br />
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[[Patient Zero]] was [[Eugene Reyes]], a member of 4 Horsemen who called himself “Pestilence,” after the first of the [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]. Living in [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]], he purposefully infected himself with the virus with the intention of infecting everyone in the Middle East, where 4 Horsemen believed the final battle between the Antichrist and Jesus would take place, and eventually the world. He died three weeks later, when the pandemic was just becoming to be apparent.<br />
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The virus spread quickly, becoming a pandemic within weeks of the first cases being reported. Scientists raced to find a way to contain and cure the virus, but the highly virulent nature (classified [[Biosafety Level 4]] by the CDC) of the virus made study difficult. It became apparent, though, that AIDS and cancer patients who had received [[Microbots|Asamov Immuno-Supplementation Microbots]] as part of their treatment were immune to the disease. Once this was known, doctors tried to use the microbots as treatment for the Chimeravirus, only to find that the virus replicated faster than the microbots, overpowering the microbots ability to destroy the virus particles. <br />
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The Pandemic was over in less than six months, leaving a population of around 100 million humans. Because all of these remaining humans had microbots, the virus died out, unable to find hosts to infect. The decimated population slowly began to rebuild the human race again.</div>Mschlemm