In the lands of London, year 2024 April, 5
A man approaching the age of 35 is sleeping on his disk is woken up by the light of the sun hitting his face. As he looks around his lab which is a mess, he notices that on his computer screen there is a small window saying he has 300 messages congratulating him on his birthday today.
Leon: “ugh….how annoying I never understood why they celebrate such a thing every year. SOPHIE throw these messages to the trash!” He yells!
Sophie: “As you wish Mr. Berg, anything else I can do for you?” (Sophie is a computer AI, which as you can see is more advanced than the ones we currently have)
Leon: “Yeah, what time is it?”
Sophie: “Its currently 2 pm sir”.
Leon: “damn….anyways that will be all Sophie”
Sophie: “Sir, you currently have 15 unanswered calls from your relatives.”
Leon: “annoying hypocrites, ignore them”
Sophie: “As you wish sir”
Leon then started walking out of the computer lab, he then walks to the epidemics lab looking for his new toy that he just got, which was illegally purchased. Its one of the deadliest epidemics in human history called Tuberculosis. A disease which has been traced back to the DNA of ancient Egyptian mummies. As he enters the lab he looks to his new toy.
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Leon: “I cant wait to continue my research into this epidemic! It still astounds me, how this type of bacteria spreads through the air. Wreaking havoc throughout humanity for thousands of year, surprisingly we did find a cure for it during the late 19th century……Sophie! Remind me the history of this specific epidemic.”
Sophie: “Strains of this disease have been traced back to the DNA of ancient Egyptian mummies, revealing that this epidemic has been wreaking havoc on humanity for thousands of years. Caused by a bacteria that spreads through the air, this disease attacks the lungs and causes internal weakness, chest pains, night sweats, and terrible fits of coughing. In the 19th century, tuberculosis killed an estimated one-quarter of the adult population of Europe, and by 1918 one in six deaths in France were still caused by TB. Today, the disease is still around, affecting nearly 8 million people a year and leading to the death of about 2 million of those infected.” (http://www.healthcarebusinesstech.com/the-10-deadliest-epidemics-in-history/ Link to the information, if interested also for this paragraph I just copied it.)
Leon: “I can never get bored of these things, it always astounds me how many humans died to such epidemics.”
BOOM!!BOOM!!BOOM! The whole residence starts shaking! Due to the chain effect of the explosions happening!
Leon: “ WHAT THE???”
Before he can even finish that sentence the ceiling crushes down on Leon! Killing him instantly and also releasing the epidemic, which was sealed in the glass container thus killing thousands of people in London after his death.
The perpetrators for this event, which were his relatives never thought. That even though he is dead, they wont get his parents inheritance. Due to him giving it away to the military for biological weaponry research. He also sold the family’s company to the military for nuclear research. (As you can see, he seemed like he wanted to see the world burn or pretty much contribute to the extinction of humanit….) Also many people died due to the release of the epidemic, however it was contained. Yet it killed around 3000 people.