A rapidly mutating superflu escapes a military bioweapons lab and kills 99.4% of humanity within weeks. The survivors split into two communities representing good and evil, drawn by psychic visions to rival leaders. The story explores how quickly civilization falls when a pandemic exceeds containment, and how survivors reorganize around moral and ideological polarities.
Highly relevant to bioweapons research oversight, pandemic preparedness, and how ideological polarization persists even after civilizational collapse.
Domains: Pandemics and Biological ThreatsWarfare and Weapons TechnologyGovernance and Political Systems
Scenario Types: Warning / Self-preventing prophecyCautionary tale
Outcomes: CatastrophicDystopian