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FORTY-ONE
Dr Matilda Green put down the phone. Her
lead virologist in Singapore had just told her
that the zeamosaic-Q12 virus was now ready to
be delivered. The problem with infectious
pathogens was that, as agents of mass
destruction, they were very specific about the
types of environments that they were most
effective in. This meant things like levels of UV
radiation exposure, the acidity of a solution
they found themselves in, temperatures and so
forth were all essential elements that Matilda
had had to consider when she had overseen the
engineering of the pathogen as she was certain
this had to be done as quickly and as subtly
across the world at the right, specific time. She
had historical infectious disease models that
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