"-and the dengue rates this year have been low. Thanks to the governments effort in launching campaigns in the past ye-" The TV burst into static. "And now, an emergency broadcast by the Prime Minister." "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your Prime Minister speaking, in the past 2 hours, 47 cases of a plague-like virus has been identified. The nation is going into a state of national emergency and all citizens are to remain calm, and stay indoors. The curfew will be lifted by alarm blasts from the Singapore Civil Defence Force. Meanwhile, we would like all citizens to remain calm, and be vigilant for signs of the virus." A series of pictures flashed on the screens, each showing white spots on people's faces. Some cases so severe, the spots broke out into open sores, with pus flowing out. "Thank you for your co-operation, and may god help us all." That was a TV news report 2 months ago. Now Singapore lay in ruins, looking like a ghost town in the middle of a radioactive zone. Sam had been holed up in his apartment since then.He had seen it, he had feared it and then he watched it snow "Even from my sickbed, even if you are going to lower me to the grave and I feel that something is going wrong, I will get up." -Mr Lee Kuan Yew
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