During the Cold War there was the Doomsday Clock. This so-called clock was used by Atomic Scientists to show society how close we were to Nuclear Armageddon.
However, if there were a "Z-Day Clock," what time would it show? And more importantly, what kind of events would have to transpire to make the Z-Day Clock strike midnight? New Orleans in 2005, Los Angeles in 1992. These events, and others like them, offer us a frightening glimpse of what could happen if an outbreak escalated to pandemic proportions. What is even more frightening is that the government and media's response and denial machine will leave most people unprepared should the worst happen. In this event, the unintended consequence is that the outbreak may spread from city to city, and town to town until the situation becomes uncontrollable. In that case, I fear that all will have already been lost.
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