Most of the information I was able to gather in the beginning was fractured. A newspaper here, a magazine there… It seems that the initial outbreak came from a strain of influenza commonly referred to as “swine flu” that infected many people in Mexico and other parts of the world, causing illness ranging from mild to severe. Early reports suggested that the outbreak had started in October due to bad farming practices at a pig farm half-owned by DandyTime Foods.
A representative from DandyTime stated that they 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 the swine influenza. The new strain was identified as a combination of several different strains of Influenza virus 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) 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, had the potential to become an influenza pandemic. It was also reported that, because the virus is already widespread, containment will be impossible.
The 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. By February the WHO officially declared the outbreak as 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 expect 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 at 23.4% (range 10.3%-23.4%)
The worldwide Pandemic seemed to be fading out in March, no more talk about it in the news, or on the internet, but a sudden burst of reports of a second wave of sickness started filtering in to the media in April. 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 the 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 have 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.
From that point on information is sparse…. Seems that infected people begin to attack non-infected people. News 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 immediate infection, even in people who carried the immunity granted by the first wave of the sickness..
The last organized information I could find stated 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 various stages of progression.