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Originally Posted by David Johnston2
But the fear concerning the epidemic is that one day it will recreate the unique nature of the Spanish Influenza epidemic, which for some perverse reason hit young adults even harder than any other demographic group.
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My reason for the epidemic is I don't see a cyberpunk dystopia in forty years without a massive shake-up of the status-quo. You need panic and uncertainty to get splintered governments or authoritarian corporations. And IMO nothing spreads panic and uncertainty than disease.