Year 0 (Infection)

December 2008: An outbreak of a new strain of influenza commonly referred to as “swine flu” infected many people in Mexico and other parts of the world, causing illness ranging from mild to severe. Initial reports suggested that the outbreak had started in October due to farming practices at a pig farm half-owned by DandyTime Foods. DandyTime Foods stated that it had found no clinical signs or symptoms of the presence of swine influenza in the company’s swine herd, or among its employees at its joint ventures in Mexico, that it routinely administers influenza virus vaccination to their swine herds and that it conducts monthly testing for the presence of swine influenza. The new strain was identified as a combination of several different strains of Influenzavirus A, subtype H1N1, including separate strains of this subtype circulating in humans and in pigs. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have expressed serious concerns that the new strain, which transmits between humans and has had a relatively high mortality rate in the possible and confirmed Mexican cases, has the potential to become an influenza pandemic. It is reported that, because the virus is already widespread, containment will be impossible.

January 2009: Health Minister noted that the number of new cases had declined during the first week of January from 141 to 119 on down to 110 in the last week of January. It is unclear why there were more deaths in Mexico than in other areas, as there were multiple potential variables, such as a stronger strain of the virus or more exposure to it. No definite conclusion had been reached, however the CDC reported that swine flu viruses in the US and Mexico matched.

February 2009: WHO officially declared the outbreak to be a “pandemic”, but stressed that the new designation was a result of the global “spread of the virus,” not its severity. The WHO stated the pandemic appears to have moderate severity in comparatively well-off countries, however it is prudent to anticipate a bleaker picture as the virus spreads to areas with limited resources, poor health care, and a high prevalence of underlying medical problems. The case fatality rate (CFR) of the pandemic strain is estimated at 23.4% (range 10.3%-23.4%)

March 2009: The worldwide Pandemic seemed to be fading out, no more talk about it in the news, or on the internet, until reports of a second wave of sickness started filtering in to the media. A much deadlier strain of the H1N1 virus made the death toll skyrocket, and pushed the CFR into a staggering 55.4% (range 48.0%-55.4%)

The new strain brought with it reports of people hemorrhaging from mucous membranes, especially from the nose, stomach, and intestine. Bleeding from the ears and petechial hemorrhages in the skin. The majority of deaths were from bacterial pneumonia, a secondary infection caused by influenza, but the virus also killed people directly, causing massive hemorrhages and edema in the lung. People severely infected with H1N1 have also been reported to exhibit a blank almost mindless stare and are unresponsive to verbal or physical stimulus.

WHO and supported governmental officials have placed the world under lock down, all countries and ordinances are under marshal law and a full global quarantine. It is now reported that The H1N1 influenza outbreak has caused over 20 million deaths in just under five months: more than all the people killed in the first world war.

April 2009: Infected people begin to attack non-infected people. It was reported that the attackers were biting and tearing at the flesh of their victims. The first reports of such activity started in the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania area at a hospital facility set up to take care of the infected. Then slowly reports started filing in from all over the world. Reports that the bite carried the virus with it, and any contamination resulted in infection, even in people with the immunity granted by the first wave of the sickness..

The last public reports before TV signals went dead was that the infected showed no emotion, no signs that they could be reasoned with or controlled, and no signs of vital organ function. Now calling the condition Necromycosis, and referring to the stages of progression. This was the first and last time these actual words were used on public broadcast, “The infected seem to exhibit classic movie zombie characteristics, and can only be stopped by removing the head from the body or destroying the brain.”