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I haven't watched the show, but your description just made me think about the "panacea". Virus-wise, I was obsessed with the idea of the DRACO antiviral concept for years.[0] It's really unclear why funding was pulled for it.

Then again, the idea behind "28 Days Later" was that everyone got a cancer vaccine and turned into zombies...

[0] https://riderinstitute.org/discovery/



> the idea behind "28 Days Later" was that everyone got a cancer vaccine and turned into zombies

This was not in the movie at all. It was the extremely contagious "rage" virus, inadvertently released by animal rights activists.


Oops. I got mixed up. I was thinking of the virus designed to cure cancer in "I Am Legend."




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