Superhumans Awakening [Powers/Supers]

AlexanderHowl · 01-26-2020, 03:10 PM

Imagine that it is five years in the future in our timeline and a mutated strain of influenza spreads across the world, infecting 50% of the people exposed to it and killing 50% of the people that it infected by it (we will assume that 50% of the global population is exposed to it before sufficient quarantine measures can halt it's progress long enough for it to burn out). Of the people who survive, fifty percent manifest superhuman abilities after they recover their health. In effect, that would mean that the percentage of humans with superhuman abilities would go from 0% to 6.25% within one year.

What impact do you think the appearance of so many superhumans in such a short time would have on the USA? Would the superhumans be attacked by terrified mobs, condemned by religious leaders, and imprisoned by secular leaders? Would the reaction be more muted, with superhumans being accepted only if they worked for the government? Would they be accepted, despite their differences and the jealousy of many people?

01-26-2020, 03:10 PM	#1
AlexanderHowl Join Date: Feb 2016	Superhumans Awakening [Powers/Supers] Imagine that it is five years in the future in our timeline and a mutated strain of influenza spreads across the world, infecting 50% of the people exposed to it and killing 50% of the people that it infected by it (we will assume that 50% of the global population is exposed to it before sufficient quarantine measures can halt it's progress long enough for it to burn out). Of the people who survive, fifty percent manifest superhuman abilities after they recover their health. In effect, that would mean that the percentage of humans with superhuman abilities would go from 0% to 6.25% within one year. What impact do you think the appearance of so many superhumans in such a short time would have on the USA? Would the superhumans be attacked by terrified mobs, condemned by religious leaders, and imprisoned by secular leaders? Would the reaction be more muted, with superhumans being accepted only if they worked for the government? Would they be accepted, despite their differences and the jealousy of many people?