Hey.
Yeah, jon neal here.
You just had sex with me In a hotel
And left Without saying good-bye.
Yeah. Ended up Being delayed, so...
Sorry, i was panicking.
Well, if i don't Get to see you again,
I just wanted to say It was nice to see you again.
Yeah, it was nice To see you, too.
Um, and listen, use that Other e-mail i gave you,
'Cause that's The only secure one, okay?
Okay.
You all right?
Yeah. I'm just...
I'm just jet-lagged. I'm tired.
Well, you should go home And get some rest.
Hong kong's a long way.
Oh, wait.
Woman on p.A.: To minneapolis...
Is that you?
Yep, that's me. They're calling my flight.
All right. Well, look, I'm really glad you called.
Thanks.
Bye.
Thanks.
Good morning, roger.
Roger: hey.
So you really kicked ass In that football pool.
Yeah, you need to give up On your lions, doc.
Start picking with your head And not your heart.
Yeah, Thank you for the tip.
Hey, hey, hey, doc, uh, I know you're busy, uh...
You got a second?
Sure.
I got a medical question.
Mm-hmm.
Uh, you know, my kid's been, Uh, having problems at school.
Uh, attention deficit Thing.
Adhd?
Yeah.
He been diagnosed yet?
That's the thing. They want him to see someone.
I was wondering if you could Take a look at him.
I'm not really That kind of doctor, roger.
Oh, yeah, i didn't know. I just thought maybe...
Maybe i can refer someone, Though.
Yeah.
Yeah. It's treatable.
Okay.
We'll find someone, Have them take a look at him,
Shouldn't be a problem.
Okay.
All right.
Yep. Thanks, doc.
You're welcome.
Lorraine: isn't anybody helping? Is he okay?
Alan: read the posts.
Sometimes it's staged. An art project.
Some say the authorities Wouldn't do an autopsy.
Covered it up.
Covered what up?
We don't know.
Maybe minamata disease.
You know, From mercury in the fish.
There have been outbreaks In the past.
Fishing industry suppresses it. "Industrial disease."
Yeah, but it's just One man. We don't even Know what happened.
Just one man on video.
Not everyone has the foresight To die in front of a camera.
The ones we don't see Worry me.
Fish is shipped All over the world from there.
How many people read your paper Over a plate of sushi every day?
Alan, we have almost No freelance budget anymore,
And after h1 ended up...
You wait.
A few days, this will be Tweeted and youtubed
All over the planet.
We don't want to be the paper That cries wolf.
I'll show it to hobart. He does our health stuff.
Are you're going to give him My story?
You're going to give him My story, aren't you, lorraine?
No, alan, I'm trying to help you.
It's just one man On a bus.
I taped this meeting.
We need more information Than that.
This story runs In the chronicle, I will sue your ass!
Okay. Bye, alan. Don't call me anymore.
Print media is dying, Lorraine.
It's dying!
I'll save you a seat On the bus.
Hi. I'm, uh, I'm mitch emhoff.
I'm clark's stepdad. Clark morrow.
Secretary: all right. I'll let Him know that you're here.
Okay.
He said he was feeling very warm In mrs. Tatum's class.
I took his temperature again Since i called.
It was just a touch Over a hundred.
Okay, well, first his mom And now the mighty clark.
All right, let's go get Some soup for you and mom.
Nurse: hope you feel better, Clark, okay?
Okay. Thank you.
Mitch: that-a-boy.
We're gonna beat this thing down By turkey day.
Mitch: Jory's going straight from the Band trip to her mom's place.
And my job interview Got pushed to next week.
I'm not really sure What that means.
Hopefully nothing.
Hey.
My arm.
Wait, come here, sit down, Sit down, sit down.
Watch your feet. Come on.
Come on, honey.
Okay, what happened? Did you Take too much of that flu shit?
Hey, honey! Beth, beth! Hey. Hey, hey, honey, honey.
Beth! Jesus! Jesus.
Sweetheart. Sweetheart.
Hey. Beth!
Clark: mom?
No, no, no. Uh, uh, stay there, clark.
Don't... Just go... Go up to your room, honey.
Uh, honey, honey.
Mitch: yes... Beth. Beth.
Dr. Arrington: Beth, can you hear me?
My name is dr. Arrington. You're in the hospital.
You had a seizure this Morning, beth. Have you had Something like that before?
Nurse: she have A history of seizures?
No, no, no, no.
Allergies, Other medical problems?
Uh, i think she's allergic To penicillin.
Did she fall recently? Hit her head in the shower?
No, no, no, she came back From a trip, and she...
What about drugs? Mdma? Ecstasy?
No, we don't do that.
Okay, let's get some help In here!
Beth? Beth!
Nurse: Sir, you have to go.
You have to go.
Let's get a line in her!
And give me 2 milligrams Of ativan, please.
So, um, Despite all our efforts,
She failed to respond.
Okay.
And her heart stopped, And unfortunately, she did die.
Right.
I'm sorry, Mr. Emhoff.
I know This is hard to accept.
Okay. I mean, So can i go talk to her?
Mr. Emhoff, i'm sorry. Your wife is dead.
I mean, i just, I just saw her.
We were just at home.
Is there somebody That we can call?
Someone who you think Should be here with you?
I mean, we had dinner, We had pizza,
She said She was jet-lagged.
You mentioned that she was away. Hong kong?
We checked The latest bulletins.
The only things there Were measles and h1n1.
And this was not that.
Then what was it?
We don't always know.
I mean, some people Get a disease and live,
Some get sicker and die.
Now, we're going to have to Notify the medical examiner,
And they may request An autopsy.
Or, if you wish, We can order one.
But i can't guarantee
It's going to tell you Any more than i can.
I mean, my best guess
Is that this was either Meningitis or encephalitis,
And with encephalitis We're in the dark A lot of the time.
If it was summer, I might say, uh, a bug bite,
You know, west nile.
Uh, herpes can cause Encephalitis.
She didn't have herpes!
What are you talking about?! What happened to her?!
Okay. Okay.
Mr. Emhoff, There are grief counselors
Who are very helpful With this sort of passing.
Okay? You might find Some resolution there.
Now, i am sorry.
Hello?
Hang up the phone And call 911 right now.
Right now! 911.
He said he had a headache, So i put him to bed.
I don't think He's breathing.
Clark, clark.
Oh, my god, Is he dead?
Damian: what we are hearing From beijing
Is that the outbreak Is contained
To the chrysanthemum complex In hong kong.
Two deaths And ten suspected cases.
Man: how are we defining Contained?
They're using the same protocols Established for sars.
They're quarantining the complex And screening for symptoms.
Leonora: Kowloon is the most densely Populated area in the world.
And hong kong is a harbor.
It's going to spread.
Hong kong is sending us Blood samples.
We're also looking at samples From london.
Two clusters... One at a hotel, The other at a health club.
Five dead, encephalitis.
And there's the man On the bus in tokyo.
Three dead In that cluster.
Any of them travel To china or london?
We're checking.
Paramedic: mr. Neal, I want you to stay with me here.
Can you hear me?
Have you had seizures before? Mr. Neal?
I want you to open your eyes If you can, mr. Neal.
He's breathing, right?
I couldn't wake him. I got home, i couldn't wake him!
We both woke up sick This morning.
Watch your hand.
Well, the sulci Are obliterated.
Let's look at the base.
Oh, my god.
You want me to, um, Take a sample, or...
I want you to move away From the table.
Should i call someone?
Call everyone.
Ellis: well, these things happen Up there from time to time.
Meningitis in a college dorm After a swim meet...
Or west nile in some summer camp Near a lake.
Yeah, i was reading That last summer,
They had an outbreak Of enterovirus encephalitis.
103 cases. Mainly children.
Well, it's probably too cold Up there for that right now.
As of last night, there were 5 deaths and 32 cases.
There's a cluster In an elementary school.
Okay, that's the kind Of thing you're gonna Have to be prepared for.
It's gonna be All over the news big time.
What's your single overriding Communications objective?
We're isolating the sick
And quarantining those Who we believe were exposed.
Okay, good.
As of this moment, you and i Are attached at the cell phone.
If you need resources, Call me.
If you get into A political dogfight, call me.
If you find yourself Wide awake,
Staring at the walls At 3 a.M.
Wondering why you took the job, Call me.
I sure hope you packed Something warmer than that.
We're looking at around zero, With the wind chill.
I don't want you To catch cold.
So, do you want to go to The hotel first? Get situated?
I prefer to get started, If that's possible.
Okay.
How far is the office?
About a half hour From here.
Doctor: Your dad's in isolation.
You can go up to the window, You can pick up the phone And you can talk to him.
Hey.
Dad.
Are you sick?
No. No, no, no. No.
Uh, this is all just, You know, a precaution,
You know, just making sure.
But you were with them. You could still get it.
No, i won't.
Um, they said this happens Really, really fast.
And, uh, and, and i'm fine. There's nothing wrong with me.
And we're okay.
We're okay.
And clark?
Yeah, you know, i, um...
I wasn't, i wasn't there,
I mean, i went in the ambulance With, uh, with beth.
And, uh, I just didn't, i...
I left him With, uh, carrie anne.
I should have been there.
I could have helped.
No, no, no, honey. No.
It's good that you weren't There, honey. I'm happy.
If something had happened To you...
I mean, i...
Honey. You're here now, you know.
I'm happy about that.
When are you coming home?
Soon. Very soon. They, you know...
Why don't you go, Uh, uh, to your mom's?
No!
Just stay in wisconsin.
No. She doesn't need me. She's got dan.
I live here.
You don't have anybody. I'm not leaving you.
Man: we have 47 cases And 8 deaths
As of 5 this afternoon.
It's a weekend. These numbers might be low.
People are staying home For a couple of days, See if they get any better.
Erin: so at this point, I think we have to believe This is respiratory.
Maybe fomites, too.
What's that? Fomites?
Uh, it refers to Transmission from surfaces.
The average person touches their Face 2,000 or 3,000 times a day.
2,000 or 3,000 times A day?
Three to five times Every waking minute.
In between, we're touching Doorknobs, water fountains,
Elevator buttons And each other.
Those things become fomites.
Is this something we want To release to the press?
Respiratory And fomites?
And how's the public Gonna react to that?
Hard to say.
A plastic shark in a movie Will keep people from Getting in the ocean,
But a warning on the side Of a pack of cigarettes...
We're going to need to Walk the governor through this
Before we start To freak everybody out.
I mean, we can't Even tell people right now
What they should be Afraid of.
We tried that with swine flu And all we did was get Healthy people scared.
It's the biggest Shopping weekend of the year.
Man: i think we need to consider Closing the schools down.
And who stays home With the kids?
People that work at stores? Government workers?
People that work At hospitals?
When will we know what this is? What causes it, what cures it?
Things That keep people calm.
What we need to determine Is this...
For every person Who gets sick...
How many other people Are they likely to infect?
So, for seasonal flu, That's usually about one.
Smallpox, on the other hand, It's over three.
Now, before we had a vaccine,
Polio spread at a rate Between four and six.
Now, we call that number...
The "r-naught."
"R" stands for the reproductive Rate of the virus.
Any ideas what that might be For this?
How fast it multiplies Depends on a variety of factors.
The incubation period, How long a person is contagious.
Sometimes People can be contagious
Without even Having symptoms.
We need to know that, too.
And we need to know How big the population
Of people susceptible To the virus might be.
So far that appears to Be everyone with hands, A mouth and a nose.
Once we know the r-naught, We'll be able to get a handle
On the scale Of the epidemic.
So it's an epidemic now. An epidemic of what?
We sent samples To the cdc.
In 72 hours, We'll know what it is...
If we're lucky.
Clearly, we're not lucky.
David: what do we got?
A young woman In minnesota...
Recently traveled to china.
Son also died.
As of this morning, 87 cases, 15 deaths.
Did you have A good thanksgiving?
I worked.
You? Really?
Texas. Salmonella.
Pretty limited.
Mine was great, thanks.
Ohh.
It's pleomorphic, But tends toward ovoid in shape.
I can see some structures On the surface that look Like glycoproteins,
But there's nothing Morphologically pathognomonic.
We tested All of our antibodies.
I didn't see Much cross-reactivity.
Her body had no idea What to do with it.
It just kept amplifying.
Send it to sussman In san francisco.
If he doesn't know what it is, Nobody does.
Dr. Sussman: Shows novel characteristics
And appears to be chimeric In origin.
Virus is 15 to 19 kilobases In length
And containing Six to ten genes.
Typical Of a paramyxovirus.
It's godzilla, king kong And frankenstein all in one.
Potentially a mutant on... Of... Of...
Hold on. Shit, i'll call you back.
- And you've got it in there, haven't you? - Oh, really.
Look, Get away from here, alan.
Where did it come from?
Military? Industrial? Genetically modified organism?
You're not a doctor And you're not a writer.
Yes, i am a writer. Yes, i am.
Blogging is not writing. It's graffiti with punctuation.
I am a journalist
And there's informed discussion On the blogosphere
That this is A biological weapon.
You want to talk to me,
Call my office And make an appointment.
Dr. Cheever.
Yes.
Do you have a moment?
Sure.
We found him. Tell The unit on the way to His house to come in.
Excuse me. Who are you?
My name Is dennis french,
With the department Of homeland security.
And what's this All about?
Rear admiral haggerty's Expecting us
In the emergency operations Center.
We can discuss it There.
This happened In kowloon.
Today we've got workers At a casino in macau
Striking over conditions.
Three have died In one bunkhouse.
Cia thinks There may be a connection.
Casinos are of particular Concern to homeland security.
Someone's ready To blow themselves up
At a pizzeria Or the local market,
Then the thought of Getting themselves sick With smallpox or plague
And walking through A crowded casino must Have crossed their mind.
What did they die of, The three?
Reports are vague. Seizures, comas.
We've reached out to the w.H.O., See what they know.
If you were going to plan it, Can't think of a better Time than thanksgiving.
Plan what?
An attack.
Is there any way someone could Weaponize the bird flu?
Is that What we're looking at?
Someone doesn't have to Weaponize the bird flu.
The birds Are doing that.
Newscaster: government officials Are reporting the closing
Of mondale elementary school In suburban minneapolis
In response To the recent outbreak
Of a still unknown disease That has so far taken the life
Of a school nurse And three students.
Other schools in district 281 Will remain open,
But parents have been notified
To keep home Any children with symptoms.
The minnesota department Of health
Is awaiting confirmation, But sources say
These new cases may be connected To the sudden death
Of a 34-year-old Aimm alderson executive
And her 6-year-old son This holiday weekend.
Hello. I'm dr. Mears.
I'm an epidemic intelligence Service officer.
I'm here from atlanta
To find out what happened To beth emhoff.
Okay, i'm going to ask you Some questions, and see if...
There was a package She messengered from hong kong.
I opened it with scissors. I'm not sure if i touched...
No. It shouldn't be An issue.
The virus can't live For days on a box.
We did pilates Together.
I called her after she got back. I never heard from her.
So, you had no contact With her?
No.
Did she go To the class?
I didn't See her there.
We had coffee The day she left.
I think She might have moved my cup
Because it was On some papers.
I can't remember.
How many days ago?
About ten days.
That's okay.
The incubation period Is less than that.
Is there anyone else who might Have had contact with her?
This was everyone.
Employee #1: Aaron barnes did.
Employee #4: barnes. He worked on another floor.
There were documents She needed to sign.
He picked her up From the airport.
He picked her up From the airport?
Yes.
Where is he?
Hello?
Hello? Mr. Barnes?
Yes.
This is dr. Mears from The centers for disease control.
Hi.
I believe... Hi.
I believe you may Have had contact with Beth emhoff last week.
Yeah. I picked her up At the airport.
What's this about?
And how are you feeling Today?
Uh, pretty cruddy, to be honest. Head is pounding.
I probably picked up Some sort of bug.
Where are you right now?
I'm on the bus, heading to work.
I'd like you to get off Immediately.
He's on a bus.
Dave: where?
Wait. What? What's going on?
Where? Where, Where's the bus, aaron?
Um, uh, lake and lyndale.
Can you tell me what's going on?
Lake and lyndale.
I really need you To get off that bus.
Listen, it's quite possible You've come in contact
With an infectious disease and That you're highly contagious.
Do you understand?
I want you to get off now.
Okay, i'm getting off.
And stay away from other people.
Now what do i do?
Don't talk to anyone,
Don't touch anyone, That's the most important thing.
We'll send somebody To meet the bus.
Okay.
I'm on my way to you now, aaron.
What about my kids? I touched them.
It was a groundbreaking ceremony For a new factory.
She traveled a lot For, for work.
Erin: did her work Involve contact with Livestock in any way?
Did you keep any pets At home?
No.
Did she mention Seeing anyone who was sick?
Anyone on a plane?
No.
She went through customs In chicago at 11:15 a.M.
And then took a flight To minneapolis at 6 p.M.
Any idea what she did in chicago During that layover?
Did she have meetings?
Is there any reason She might have left the airport?
Why? I mean, is, uh, is there Someone sick in chicago?
Uh, before we were married, My wife had a relationship
With a man in chicago Named jon neal.
Is jon neal sick?
Did we get this from him?
We're investigating All the possibilities.
No, i think I have a right to know.
Look at where i am here. Look at where i am here.
I can't disclose That information. I'm sorry.
No, i'm just, i'm just trying To understand.
I know.
Ally: we're getting The same results as sussman.
We've sequenced the virus And determined its origin,
And we've modeled The way it enters
The cells of the lung And the brain.
And the virus contains Both bat and pig sequences In the bottom right.
But, see, the dark green is pig And the light green is bat,
And here you can see The crossover event.
Pig, bat, bat... And pig, bat.
And here is A model of the virus
And how it attaches To its host.
The blue is virus, And the gold is human
And the red Is the viral attachment protein,
And the green is its receptor In the human cells.
These receptors are found In the cells of both
The respiratory tract And the central nervous system.
And the virus Attaches to the cell
Like a key Slipping into a lock.
Somewhere in the world,
The wrong pig met up With the wrong bat.
You ever seen anything Like this before?
No. And it's still changing.
It's figuring us out faster Than we're figuring it out.
It doesn't have Anything else to do.
So we have a novel virus
With a mortality rate In the low twenties.
No treatment protocol And no vaccine at this time.
That is correct.
From here on out, I want no one working on this
Except a bsl-4.
The last thing we need Is for this thing
To walk out of the lab On the bottom of someone's shoe.
Dr. Sussman's office.
Ian, hi. Ally hextall.
We need to shut you down. This thing's too hot.
Bsl-4 only at this point.
I think that's a mistake.
Cook your samples. Destroy everything.
We can't risk it.
We're making progress.
You limit this to government-run Bsl-4's, it'll take forever.
I can do this.
I'm sorry.
Yeah.
Sure, ally.
Reporter #1: can you repeat The affected cities so far?
Ellis: again, the affected Cities are minneapolis,
Chicago, los angeles, Boston and salt lake.
We expect that list to grow
As people return home From their holidays.
Yes?
Reporter #2: dr. Cheever, How many people are infected
And how many have died?
Well, those numbers Are changing as we speak,
So any figure i give you Is likely to be low.
We're still calculating The mortality rate at this time.
Reporter: dr. Cheever, Are you concerned
That the cdc faces A credibility issue here
After the perceived Overreaction to h1n1?
I'd rather the news story be That we overreacted
Than many people lost Their lives because We didn't do enough.
That's why we're here today.
It's also why The world health organization
Is sending an epidemiologist To hong kong.
It's hard to know what It is without knowing Where it came from,
So our first job With these things
Is always To find ground zero.
Figure out how it jumped into The population to begin with.
We do know That a patient in minnesota
Traveled to that part Of the world.
Damian: we believe
That there are approximately 89,000 cases at this point.
And that We are heading toward...
267,000...
And from there...
Using our model, Based on an r-naught of two...
Here is where we expect to be In 48 hours.
Dr. Cheever, perhaps you can Update us on the research.
As of right now, No one has found a good way
To grow the virus in cells.
Leonora: why is that?
Because it kills every cell We put it in...
A pig, a chicken, Everything.
Until we can grow it, And a great deal of it,
We can't experiment With it.
And until then, we can't Vaccinate against it.
Have you found Any treatment at all?
Any antivirus? Anything?
No.
Leonora: beth emhoff used an atm At a casino in macau.
Citibank released Her records.
We have her using the machine At 10:43,
Just off The casino floor.
I want to see The casino security footage
For two hours On either side of that.
Is there a problem?
They're from my village. They found a new cluster there.
Oh.
Is your family Still there?
My mother has symptoms.
I'll get you the footage You require. Excuse me.
Dr. Sussman, i heard that They were shutting us down.
I just have to deal With the samples.
If it's just a matter Of destroying them, i can do it.
No, i'll take care of it. You go on home.
I'll do that, and then i just Want to re-check some data.
Ellis: he grew it.
Ally: he tried antibodies
And immunological mac outlines Like we did,
But the key was a fetal Bat cell line from geelong.
We didn't have it.
He grew it in a bsl-3.
Ally, what the hell was he doing Working with it in a bsl-3?
Ignoring me.
He's going to publish. Shit.
What does he want?
A box of cigars.
He had a choice, ellis.
He could have gone into business For himself.
There's no doubt He was approached,
But he gave it to us.
Are we supposed to Trust him?
We don't have a choice.
Bbc reporter: The centers for disease Control and prevention
In the united states
And the world health Organization in switzerland
Confirmed today that Dr. Ian sussman of san francisco
Has succeeded In growing the mev-1 virus
In a laboratory setting.
Officials at the cdc cautioned
That the breakthrough Is only the first step
Toward developing a vaccine,
Which is likely still Months away from human trials.
The w.H.O. Estimates the number Of people infected worldwide
To be over 8 million.
Alan: Now it all changes.
Sussman gets anointed by the National academy of sciences,
And every pharmaceutical Executive gets a hard-on.
They'll be growing the virus In every lab on earth.
That's a bad day To be a rhesus monkey.
Crikey, first we shoot them Into space,
And now we'll be shooting them Full of virus.
So this is where we need Your expertise.
All the pharmaceutical stocks Are already through the roof.
But what's next? Where's the opportunity?
Now, you saw that Shinko bus thing day one.
That's why We wanted this meeting.
When i turned on my computer This morning,
I had over two million Unique visitors
All looking For the truth.
You think they want to see me Talking to some hedge fund guy?
Mr. Krumwiede, We don't invent need here.
We just analyze it. Predict it.
You tell me what it costs To look into your crystal ball.
You're familiar With forsythia?
No, i'm not.
What i'm about to tell you Is backed up by testimonials
That will appear shortly In the popular media.
I'll be talking about it Extensively in the days ahead.
What does forsythia do?
It's the cure.
Mitch: if i'm immune, can't You use my blood to cure this?
Erin: blood serums can take A long time to make,
And they're very expensive.
But the good news here is that You're not going to get sick.
Okay.
Um, then that would mean
That, uh, that my daughter Can't get it either, right?
I can't promise you that.
But isn't that something That she would inherit from me?
Well, half her immune system Came from you,
But the other half came From her mother.
Man: almost three hours!
I need to see a doctor Or a supervisor or something.
I want to know if he has This thing on the news!
Nurse: i'm sorry, sir, We're doing the best we can.
Can i just speak to An administrator or something?
Anybody!
Sir, you need To be patient.
We'll get you in As soon as we can.
He's sick!
Dave: my wife makes me take off My clothes in the garage,
Then she leaves out a bucket Of warm water and some soap.
And then she douses everything In hand sanitizer after i leave.
I mean, She's overreacting, right?
Not really. And stop Touching your face, dave.
Okay, we'll put The airlock here.
I want 25 rows, 10 beds apiece.
The most febrile cases At this end.
We'll set up triage Outside,
Fema can handle food In the basement,
And we'll need to be operational Within the next 24 to 48 hours.
Got you.
Nice job, dave. This'll work.
Thanks.
Now find me three more Just like it.
Woman: Excuse me, dr. Mears.
Is this coming out Of your budget, or ours?
The w.H.O. Has confirmed That the hong kong sample
Matches london, tokyo And abu dhabi,
And we're seeing large clusters In from frankfurt and cairo.
Are we any closer To an index patient?
Could be your beth emhoff, Or the guy on the bus in japan.
Someone else Who crawled off the grid.
How you doing?
Yeah, good. I'm going into a meeting...
No, mears, i didn't ask you What you were doing,
I asked you how you were doing. How are you doing?
I'm, uh...
I'm fine.
Fine?
You know, i was in the field For about 15 years.
I've seen a lot of shit.
If you're not doing fine, You can tell me.
You ever have to tell a man
Who just lost his wife And stepson
That his wife was cheating On him before she died?
No, i haven't.
I'm sure you did The best you could.
Unh-unh.
You sound tired.
You got to try to remember To sleep once in a while.
When was the last time You had something to eat
That didn't come Out of a vending machine?
Taco bell?
Local officials are now saying
Over 3,000 cases Have been confirmed
In the western suburbs,
As well as the first cases Reported
In ramsey, carlton And st. Louis counties,
As the virus continues To spread.
Jory: i got it!
A state health department Spokesperson at this hour
Is appealing to hospitals As far away as iowa
For additional medicine.
No, don't open that door! Don't, don't open the door.
What? It's andrew.
Uh, sorry, andrew. I can't let you in.
I just came to give My condolences, mr. Emhoff.
I understand, thank you. Uh, but i can't let you in.
I'll just leave them, Then.
No, actually, You should take them.
Uh, thank you, though.
I'll call you later.
Bye.
We just, you know, Can't take any chances.
Woman: do you know How to play this one?
No, i have no idea What's going on.
But it looks fun.
You want to try?
Okay.
Oh, yeah, my turn, okay.
Man: hey!
Oh! Oh! Oh, my god.
I'll do... What is that? Which one is this?
It's a coin.
Oh. Okay, okay.
Okay.
Leonora: It's transmission.
So we just need to know Which direction.
But we don't know Where it comes from.
I would like to suggest that The virus started before macau.
And maybe here in hong kong.
You're considering Pronouncements
With serious implications.
A virus is too small To be seen on video camera.
Please, god.
No, no. No.
Hello.
This is dr. Erin mears In room 821.
I need you to get me the names
Of everyone who serviced This room in the last 24 hours.
Also, you need To get in touch with...
The waiter who brought me My room service last night.
I need all of their numbers... Home, cell, everything, yes.
Mears?
Dr. Cheever...
I think i'm sick.
What? What's going on?
What kind of symptoms Do you have?
Can't swallow.
Severe headache.
What's your temperature?
101.8.
Uh, listen, you can't, you just, You can't panic now, okay?
No, i know. I know.
Are you alone?
I definitely infected Other people.
You don't know that.
What should i do?
Well, i want you To stay in your room
And i'll, i'll call the people At the health department.
I'll tell them that You're there. Erin, just...
You're going to be okay.
No, i know. I know.
Okay.
You got to send Somebody else.
Yes, but you don't worry About that right now, okay?
Hey...
You take care of yourself.
I'm sorry I couldn't finish.
That's, that's... Never mind that.
Look, let me see what i can do About getting you back here.
I'm gonna get you home If i can. Healthy.
Thank you.
Now, you hang in there.
Bye.
Man: the problem is, We just can't take delivery
Of the bodies.
We have insurance issues. With our own employees.
With our union, Not to mention
The health of the mourners To consider.
I just... I want to bury my wife And my stepson, and...
Have a service where our friends And our family
Can come and, and pay Their respects. And grieve.
I understand.
And i am truly sorry About your loss.
Have you considered Other options?
Sarah: how can they do that? We have a family plot here.
Mitch: they want us To think about cremation.
They say That it's the safest thing
In a situation like this.
I want to be buried With my daughter and grandson,
With jack, And my parents...
I want us all together.
They're not going to Take them, sarah.
They're not going to Take the bodies.
I'll figure something out. I'll figure something out.
She made mistakes, mitch.
But i know She loved you very much.
I'm gonna use some of these To get us some drinks.
Okay?
You have not reached jon neal.
But you will If you leave a message.
Hi. It's me.
Um...
I checked the flights
And i can actually get An earlier flight
That would give me A five-hour layover in chicago,
So let me know
If that's something That you'd like me to do.
That's for you, okay?
Thank you very much. Thank you.
Irina: excuse me.
Beth: oh, my god.
Thank you.
Leonora: emhoff gave it To the ukrainian.
Sun feng: That just shows contact.
Maybe it went The other way.
What about i. Fai? He was on the casino floor.
Watch this.
Okay, come on. Let's get one together.
Ready?
Man: let's go.
That's him. With emhoff. At 12:08.
I can show you the ukrainian Woman on the security camera
In the elevator Going back to her room,
Twenty minutes earlier.
She was gone Before i. Fai started work.
It came from here.
Emhoff is The index patient.
We need to know everywhere She went before the casino.
I want to see Her itinerary again.
They say the french And americans have a cure.
They're manufacturing it In secret.
W.H.O. Knows,
But they're in bed With the americans.
Who says?
The internet.
The internet? And you believe it.
I don't know.
How's your mother?
We tried forsythia, But she wasn't strong.
There's a mass grave In lantau.
I'm sorry.
I'm taking this To the ministry.
We need to send this To geneva.
I need you To come with me.
What are you doing?
Please.
Whoa! What's going on?! Sun feng!
What's going on?! What are you doing?!
What are you doing?
I'm sorry.
We couldn't wait Any longer.
While they cure each other, We're here...
At the end of the line.
This is what is left Of my village.
Leonora: are they sick?
Not yet.
And we're going to Keep it that way.
You stay here with us, Until they find a cure.
How is that gonna help?
You're going to get us To the front of the line.
Dave: dr. Mears.
Dr. Cheever called again.
We're just having A hard time
With the logistics Of evacuating you.
Finding a plane and all.
I got your phone.
Dr. Cheever asked you to call, If you feel up to it.
Now, we're setting up a special Ward for medical personnel
And first responders At the university.
I want to move you there,
But the nurses' union Is calling a work stoppage...
Until protocols Are in place.
There are volunteers, But it's just...
It's hard right now to know Where's the right place.
Lyle: You're asking me to spend a lot Of resources on one person,
And right now, I can't do that.
Dr. Mears would agree With me.
She's one of our own, lyle. We sent her up there.
Okay, i sent her up there. I would like to go get her back.
That's why we have a plane With an isolation pod,
To bring our people In the field home When they're sick, right?
What's going on, lyle?
There's a sick congressman From illinois in d.C.
He was in chicago Over the holiday.
They're using the pod To fly him home.
Then they're closing down Midway and o'hare.
The governor there is Calling out the national guard.
They're setting up Roadblocks.
They're shutting down The board of trade,
Public transportation.
Even the teamsters are pulling Their drivers off the road.
People are still gonna slip Through, you know that.
Yes, they will.
The secret service is moving The president underground.
Congress is figuring out How to work online.
When the word goes out,
There will be a run On the banks, gas stations,
Grocery stores, You name it.
People will panic. The virus will be The least of our worries.
It will tip over now.
We just need to make sure That nobody knows
Until everybody knows.
Alan: My temperature's 101.
Higher than it was earlier.
My head hurts...
And my throat Feels like it's closing.
This is forsythia.
I've been taking it Since the onset of the symptoms.
If i'm here tomorrow, You'll know it works.
"Truth serum now." I'm alan krumwiede.
How many people Are going to die?
Well, in 1918,
One percent of the population Died from spanish flu.
It was novel, like this. No one had ever seen it before.
One percent of america?
One percent of the world.
As many as 70 million people Could die, baby, maybe more.
So what do we do?
I don't know. We try to figure it out.
This is why i sent mears Up there, to minnesota.
And now i can't get her back.
She's sick, aubrey, And i can't do anything for her
Because there are no nurses now.
Why not?
Because they're on strike.
How can they do that?
Because there's nothing They can do.
I mean, we're just Putting healthy people Next to sick people
And hoping that the healthy People don't get sick.
It's ridiculous.
I'm sorry, ellis, But that's not your fault.
I sent her up there, aubrey.
If one in four are dying,
That means three out of four Are living, right?
So the odds are in her favor.
I want you To get in your car
And i want you to drive Down here to atlanta right now, You hear me, aubrey?
What are you Talking about?
I want you to get in your car And leave chicago.
I want you to drive here To atlanta. Drive by yourself.
You do it. You do it now.
Don't tell anyone, And don't stop.
And stay away from Other people, you understand?
Keep your distance From other people.
Now, call me When you're on the road, aubrey.
Roger.
Did you hear...?
I got people, too, Dr. Cheever.
We all do.
Aubrey: hello?
Hey, friend, what's up With blowing off dinner?
I'm sorry, liz.
Why you so flaky? You feeling okay?
This flu sh...
Stuff is really spooky.
What does ellis say?
Uh, he says it's, He says it's serious.
What do you mean, serious?
Where are you?
I'm getting out of town.
What?
I'm going to Tell you something...
And you're not Going to repeat it.
Cover your mouth, please.
Fuck off, lady.
Woman: we will only be able To give out fifty doses today.
That's our forsythia allotment.
Hey. Excuse me! There's a line here!
Excuse me!
Mitch: jesus.
Where's The fire department?
Is anyone Even working here?
Just get the cereal.
Jory, Don't touch anything.
Help me!
Okay, Take your gloves off.
Here. Give me your hands.
Now, Really rub this in.
Mitch: hey, get away From there! Get away!
Lock the door.
Get back in your car, sir! Get back in your car!
No, no, i'm not... I'm immune! I've already had it!
And my daughter's Not sick.
She's sick?
She's not.
No, we're just trying To get to wisconsin.
The border is sealed.
The governor has declared A quarantine.
Get back in your car.
No, we don't want To go back there!
We want to go across!
Sir, there is no way across. Get back in your car.
We're not sick!
Get back in your car Or i will detain you.
Where?
Get in the car!
What happened?
We have to go home.
Alan: What are you doing here?
I think I had a seizure.
I can't, i can't find any In the stores.
I tried.
Look, I don't have any here.
People broke in.
I'm pregnant, alan.
I have, i have...
Money.
I can, i can give you Some money.
Lorraine, You shouldn't be out.
Go home. I'll bring it to you When i get it.
Man: i was w-w-w-wondering, If i could get another blanket?
This one's very damp now.
Nun: i'm truly sorry, sir. We're out of blankets.
We're hoping for more To be donated.
We put the word out.
What about the heat? Can we turn that up?
I'll find out.
Dave: when did we Run out of body bags?
Two days ago.
We're trying to get more in From canada,
But they just want To wait and see.
Gupta: there are stories Circulating on the internet
That in india and elsewhere
The drug ribavirin Has been shown
To be effective Against this virus.
Yet, homeland security Is telling the cdc
Not to make Any announcements
Until stockpiles of the drug Could be secured.
Well, dr. Gupta, There continue
To be evaluations Of several drugs.
Ribavirin is among them.
But right now,
Our best defense Has been social distancing.
No handshaking, Staying home when you're sick,
Washing your hands Frequently.
Can, can you tell us To date
How many people have died From this virus?
It's very difficult.
We're still working on, uh, Confirming that number.
There are fifty different states In this country,
Which means there are fifty Different health departments,
Followed by Fifty different protocols.
Let me bring in Alan krumwiede
Into this debate, As well.
Alan's A freelance journalist.
He was the first to track The shinko bus man video.
Alan, uh, today on twitter, You wrote
That the truth about this virus Is being kept from the world
By the cdc, by the world Health organization,
To allow friends Of the current administration...
To benefit from it, both Financially and physically.
Uh, there are therapies We know are effective,
Right now, like forsythia,
And they don't even appear On the cdc website.
On your blog You also wrote
That the world health Organization
Is somehow in bed With pharmaceutical companies?
Because they are.
That's who stands To gain from this.
They're working Hand in glove.
And the hand is reaching Into our pockets.
The cdc is Exploring forsythia
And other Homeopathic treatments.
But right now, there's No science to back Any of these claims.
Or no way dr. Cheever
Or the people who put him Into power can profit from it.
We're not ruling Anything out.
There are people who are sick, People who are dying,
And we are doing...
They're not keeping us safe From this any more than...
We're concerned about The health of every American citizen.
Dr. Cheever is being A bit disingenuous
When he says "Every american citizen."
We're working very hard To find out
Where this virus came from, To treat it...
And to vaccinate against it, If we can.
We don't know all of that yet, We just don't know.
What we do know Is that in order
To become sick, you have to First come in contact
With a sick person Or something that they touched.
In order to get scared, All you have to do
Is come in contact With a rumor
Or the television Or the internet.
I think what mr. Krumwiede Is spreading
Is far more dangerous Than the disease.
Oh, really?
Yes.
That's funny.
What's funny?
I think you're funny, because If you check on facebook,
You'll find a communiqué
Attributed to dr. Cheever By elizabeth nygaard
About the quarantine Of chicago,
Hours before it was announced To the public.
That's why i think He's a bit disingenuous
When he says equal care for all And not just his friends.
Some pretty wild allegations Here, dr. Cheever.
I mean, can you tell us what Communication appeared and when?
And what exactly Is the nature
Of your relationship With elizabeth nygaard?
Well, again, i'm not aware Of anything attributed to Me on any social network.
I'm sure you're not. It is there!
It is there.
Tell them what an r-naught of Two really means, dr. Cheever.
Teach them some math, hmm?
No? I'll do it.
On day 1, There were two people with it.
And then there were four.
And then it was sixteen,
And you think you've got it In front of you.
But next it's 256, And then it's 65,000,
And it's behind you and Above you and all around you.
In thirty steps, It's a billion sick.
Three months. It's a math Problem you can do on a napkin.
And that's where we're headed.
And that's why you won't even Tell us the number of the dead.
Will you, dr. Cheever?
But you'll tell your friends When to get out of chicago
Before anyone else Has a chance.
Lyle: they're looking For a scapegoat.
You just made it easy.
The only reason We're not taking this To the attorney general
Is because we can't replace you Right now, but...
There's going to be An investigation.
Do you understand that?
And we don't want to see you In front of the cameras anymore.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Where did you come from?
It's mutated.
Ellis: which way, Better or worse?
It's moved into An african hiv aids population.
The durban cluster Is highly divergent.
We have a new r-naught, ellis. It's not two anymore.
Ellis: i thought you said That once we could grow it,
We could vaccinate Against it.
We tried using dead virus
Combined with several atrophins To boost immune response.
And?
No protective antibodies, A lot of dead monkeys.
Can you get to the part Where there's good news?
Now we have to try A live attenuated virus.
Like with polio?
Exactly.
The only danger with A live virus is the possibility
That it will revert to wild-type And kill the host.
And when will we know About that?
I'll ask the monkeys.
Ellis: as of right now, The mortality rate
Is fluctuating Between 25% and 30%,
Depending upon Underlying medical conditions...
Socio-economic factors, Nutrition, fresh water.
With the new mutation,
We are predicting an r-naught Of no less than four.
And without a vaccine, We can anticipate
That approximately one In twelve people on the planet
Will contract the disease.
Man: folks, attention. We appreciate your patience.
And we're doing the best we can.
We have exhausted our supply Of meals ready-to-eat for today.
Please remain calm. We'll be sending...
Please, hey! Can we get some help over here?
Oh!
We need you to leave the park In an orderly fashion.
You okay? Sorry, They got one of them.
Man: get the trucks!
There's nothing in there!
Newscaster: as the death toll In the united states
Is now believed To have reached 2.5 million,
The president issued A statement today
From an undisclosed location,
Implementing mandatory curfews In major metropolitan areas
After a second consecutive day Of riots
In dallas, miami, Cleveland and phoenix.
Absenteeism in law enforcement Is nearing 25%
According to reports in...
Because of The high volume of 911 calls,
Please use The following directory...
If you have symptoms, Please hang up
And call 612-188-6336.
To report a death Or for the removal of a body,
Please press one.
Hello. Anybody home?
Hey, mark.
Hey, jor?
Jor?
I can't feel my hands.
That messed up My snow angel.
I'm fine, jory.
If neither of us have It, then we can't give It to each other.
Mitch: Get away from her!
Dad!
Get away! Get away!
Dad! What are you doing?
Stay there!
Go home, andrew.
Get up.
Are we even close?
If we even had a viable vaccine Right now,
We would still Have to do human trials
And that would take weeks.
And then we would have to get Clearance and approval,
Figure out Manufacturing and distribution.
That would take months.
And then training survivors To give inoculations.
More months, more deaths.
Well, homeland security Wants to know if we can put
A vaccination in The water supply, like fluoride.
Cure everyone All at once?
I'm going home now, ellis. It's getting late.
Merry christmas.
What are you doing?
It's okay, dad.
No, it's not okay.
Do you remember Dr. Barry marshall?
Thought that bacteria Caused ulcers? Not stress.
Gave himself the bug And then cured himself.
You taught me about him.
I'm testing my vaccine.
No, this is different.
I don't want To get you sick.
Ally, you can't take That chance.
Oh, dad, you're here because You stayed in your practice
Treating sick people After everyone else went home.
You took that chance. You took that chance every day.
What?
He won a nobel prize.
Yes, i know, dad.
Barry marshall.
Newscaster: the food And drug administration
Is accelerating approval Of the mev-1 vaccine
Currently in production At five secret locations
In the u.S. And europe,
Saying the first doses could Be available for human use
Within 90 days.
The w.H.O. Estimates that It could take nearly a year
To manufacture and distribute The necessary amount
Of the vaccine To stop the spread of the virus
Which so far has taken over 26 million lives worldwide.
But as labs work Around the clock
To produce The life-saving formula,
The question remains... Who gets it first?
Don't touch me! Don't touch me!
Where is it?!
We don't have it.
That's bullshit!
He works there! He gets it first!
We don't have it! We have to wait...
Ellis: aubrey!
Ellis!
Where are you?
It's because They saw you on the news
And they heard About what happened.
Are you all right?
They knew Where you worked.
They waited For you to leave.
Get up here. Come on. Let me look at you.
I tried to stop them.
I tried.
Did they touch you?
Did they look sick?
They had masks on, ellis. And gloves.
Don't tell me that...
Aubrey, we get the vaccine Tomorrow.
You have to trust me, Ellis.
They didn't touch me.
Alan: after the spanish flu, In 1918, you know,
People got rich.
The vicks vaporub people, The lysol people, look it up.
One man dies, another man Makes money off his coffin.
One country culls All their chickens,
Red meat goes Into higher demand.
I'm not the first person To make money
Off the fact that Our immune system is A work in progress.
The pharmaceutical industry Do it every quarter.
I don't think anyone is immune To opportunity, alan.
It's just That the studies show
That there is no proof That forsythia works.
Okay, who conducted The studies?
What defines "works," against What strain of the virus?
Did you know About the studies
When we met The last time?
We can get in A lot of trouble...
Do you really think This dr. Hextall cdc person
Is jesus in a lab coat?
The government Rushed the trials.
The lawyers indemnified The drug companies.
Maybe it causes autism Or narcolepsy or cancer
Ten years from now.
Who knows?!
You, the, the swine flu vaccine Killed people
Back in 1976.
Nerve disease.
So we're all guinea pigs, Starting from today.
Just wait.
They'll start Listing side effects
Like the credits At the end of a movie.
People trust you, alan.
If you tell them Not to take it, then...
That's right. They trust me.
All twelve million Unique visitors.
I'm a trusted man, Stepping up to a microphone
In front Of a very large crowd.
That's who i am. That's the brand.
I say the right thing, Nobody shows up for their shot.
Maybe they'd rather Roll the dice with forsythia.
I can make that happen.
I just want to know
I'm in the best position Possible when i do.
What does that mean, Exactly?
If i'm gonna step Into the crosshairs,
I want to know What's in it...
Is he with you?
What? Who?
Are you wearing a wire?
Alan, i didn't have a choice. They've seen your blog!
For what? Tell me, for what?
Securities fraud, Conspiracy
And most likely, Manslaughter.
It cured me. Forsythia cured me.
We'll see, alan.
This is entrapment.
You can't take my blood! You can't, that's my property.
We may never know Where this disease came from.
But we do know That this vaccine is the result
Of the courage and perseverance Of a remarkable few.
We shall now begin the drawing.
John.
The first mev-1 vaccination Are those people born
On march 10th.
March 10th.
We remind all of you to stay Ten feet apart from each other
While on line.
Shouldn't you be Downstairs?
Ally: i'm tracking Vaccine batch numbers.
This is what you have to Be doing right this minute?
This is what i want to do Right this minute.
Take a bow, ally. People have for a lot less.
It's not that hard To give yourself an injection.
What about mears Or my father...
Or you?
I'm going to take a bow
While you get hauled In front of congress?
What do i say When they ask about that?
You tell them That i told a loved one,
Who told a loved one And that i'd do it again.
Without you, ally...
You have saved Millions of lives.
That's a great story. It also happens to be true.
Now, how often Can you say that?
The next citizens to receive The mev-1 vaccination
Are those born on the date...
What is that?
January 11th.
Okay. All right. 144.
That's...
Still, uh, 200... More than 200 birthdays, hon...
That haven't been called, So that's good.
That's a good number.
What if they run out?
They're not Going to run out.
They have enough To keep up with demand, They said that already.
Maybe i'm immune like you And i don't even need it.
That's not a chance We're going to take.
So instead we lose spring, We lose summer...
We lose another 144 days That don't happen again.
Why can't they invent a shot That keeps time from passing?!
It's going to start Getting normal again, jory.
How do you call this "fish" In chinese?
This is yú.
Yú?
This is beautiful.
Thank you.
It's time. We have to run. He just landed.
I want you to keep drawing.
And, um, assand will come And finish the class.
Right?
I'll see you soon.
See you.
Sun feng: tsuen wan cemetery Off the number three expressway.
It's close to where you are now. In fifteen minutes.
One hundred doses.
Nobody from the ministry, No police.
We see anybody else, Any other vehicles,
You'll never see her again.
Yes.
Yes, i'm fine.
Please, Give them what they ask.
I just want to go home.
Sun feng: Once we have the vaccine,
We'll tell you Where to find her.
Is it french Or american?
We could not get enough Doses from the french. It's been made here.
The same formula, Though.
It is effective. I promise.
There, be careful.
Wait. Where is she?
We don't know What it is.
Well, We have no choice.
Where's dr. Orantes?
Now, now, wait, This is not what we agreed on!
Are you okay?
Yes, i'm fine.
I'm good.
Damian: Oh, i almost forgot.
What's that?
Your vaccine.
The one you took Was a placebo.
What?
The chinese insisted.
There have been many abductions, Not just here.
In russia, mexico, All over.
Government officials, Scientists
Or westerners With great wealth.
Mostly perpetrated By organized crime
Or revolutionary groups Trying to extort medicines.
The chinese don't negotiate With kidnappers.
It wasn't up to us.
We've got a limited supply, Just like everyone else.
Leonora!
Where are you going?!
Dennis: blood results came back, Mr. Krumwiede.
You never had the virus.
You have no antibodies. You lied.
Of course That's what your labs say.
Forsythia is a lie.
It's a lie and you made Four and a half million dollars
For telling it.
You want to blog About that?
You are going to go away, Mr. Krumwiede,
And so is all your money.
Hell, i can't even imagine All the civil suits
People are going to file Against you,
And i have A pretty good imagination.
And now you want to tell people Not to get vaccinated,
When that's the best chance They've got.
If i could throw Your computer in jail, i would.
Are we done here?
Evidently there are 12 million other people As crazy as you are.
You made bail. Congratulations.
Cheever and wife.
Congratulate aubrey For me.
I'd shake your hand, but i don't Want to set a bad example.
Um, we're going to have An official wedding reception
When we can get everybody Together in one place,
And we really hope You can be with us.
Sure.
So are you ready for yours? I've got mine.
No, i think, uh, she's going to Want to do these together.
I know she sprang For some champagne.
Mm.
They have scheduled The hearings.
We'll both be expected To testify.
Right.
Good luck.
Head back, Anthony.
Good job.
I can't give him The bracelet, but...
At least you know He'll be safe.
Yeah, beats waiting Another seven months.
Okay, What do you say?
Thank you.
You're welcome, Anthony.
You know where this comes from, Shaking hands?
No.
Well, it was a way Of showing a stranger
That you weren't carrying A weapon in the old days.
Good job. Now go finish Your homework, huh?
Okay.
You offered Your empty right hand
To show That you meant no harm.
I didn't know that.
I wonder If the virus does.
Uh, dr. Cheever, Thanks.
Take care, roger.
Aubrey: you're not going to get In trouble for this, are you?
Ellis: Will you be quiet?
My number is 287, Ellis.
If we're not married, I'd have to wait almost a year.
Then it's a good thing We're married.
Hold your head back, Please.
I just don't want to give them Another reason to go after you.
Will you please be quiet? And hold your head back.
Okay. Go.
And... Go.
All right.
Like you said, baby...
Just, uh, taking care of Everybody that's in my lifeboat.
♪ You say you want ♪
♪ Diamonds on a ring of gold ♪
♪ You say you want ♪
♪ Your story to remain untold ♪
♪ But all the promises we make ♪
♪ From the cradle to the grave ♪
Jory: Dad! Are you coming?
Yep!
I'm just looking For the camera.
♪ You say you'll give me ♪
♪ A highway with no one on it ♪
♪ Treasure Just to look upon it ♪
♪ All the riches in the night ♪
♪ You say you'll give me ♪
♪ Eyes in a moon of blindness ♪
♪ A river in a time of dryness ♪
♪ A harbor in the tempest ♪
♪ But all the promises we make ♪
♪ From the cradle to the grave ♪
♪ When all i want ♪
♪ Is you ♪