Venerable Colleague,
Though I am certain you have already seen the media stories, I felt compelled to alert you of our success. As you recall, our initial attempts to spread the infection through avian fauna was a failure. Songbirds were too susceptible to its effects, invariably dying before they were able to affect contagion, and the use of raptors or crows proved equally unacceptable. Only when we utilized an invasive species of insect, Poekilocerus Pictus, did we achieve the desired viral saturation in North America.
I suggest that we allow the death toll to climb before we commence vaccine sales.
This story is part of the Friday Fictioneers weekly 100-word prompt.
Some people might be in agreement with that idea.
Goes beyond creepy. Yeah, whatever.
Big pharma gone bad. Actually, this is the general plot of the film “Mission: Impossible 2” (2000).
Create a need. Fill that need. Oh you dastardly marketers. Nice story. 🙂
Oy! Talk about creating a market! Vaccine sales will soar, I’m sure.
The detached tone of the narrator is so terrifying.
This is so horrifyingly realistic, it gives me chills.
I’m sure many people have this exact fear. It isn’t unwarranted.
The next level of capitalist warfare. Terrifying
Great!
Well done.
What a chilling story.
So it’s like that…straight to genocide! Man!
Frightening, well-written and disturbingly plausible.
Well scripted:)