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21 " The original regulations had required it in every case of “unidentified disease or suspicion of contagion,” but those had been passed in the first hysteria after the Pandemic, "
― Connie Willis , Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
22 " The Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 was a myxovirus. It killed twenty million people. Viruses mutate every few months. The antigens on their surface change so that they’re unrecognizable to the immune system. That’s why seasonals are necessary. "
23 " He rang off, pocketed the disk, "
24 " Dunworthy glanced anxiously at the displays. His temp was nearly 40.0. “The year is 2054,” he said, bending over him to calm him. “It’s December the twenty-second. "
25 " All the trunk lines have been engaged. The Americans have been trying to reach Ely to cancel their concert, but the lines are jammed. "
26 " He watched the screen go gray. "