If this is my last correspondence with the outside world, I
want everyone to know what happened.
I am currently secured inside the last known uninfected stronghold for
miles. I fear any attempt at
escape is futile. My siblings have both been infected, as have many of the families we’re friends
with. Already there are 17 victims
of the unknown disease confirmed.
As of my writing this, the pathogen has claimed no lives, and I can only
hope that pattern continues, but I cannot count on such an optimistic idea.
This is the part where many of you may roll your eyes in
derision. You may think I’m
overreacting. But that's the way it always goes. I saw
Contagion; I know how this works.
The first few victims get written off or diagnosed with something
normal. That’s when the disease
mutates. I’m not going to be one
of the naysayers that waits too long to take action. Those people never make it to the end of the movie.
There was a picnic on Sunday evening. A gathering. My current research suggests that this is where the
infection took hold. There were
huge quantities of children in close contact with one another and lots of
unguarded food. It’s a miracle I
made it out alive, though it is possible that I have already been infected and
the disease is already circling through my system, dormant.
I am dosing myself with Vitamin C tablets and still have an
adequate supply of antibacterial soap, but my resources as of today are
insufficient to start a colony of survivors, should that become necessary. I have begun to draw up plans for a
city, and all I need now is a suitable site to start building. That’s currently the best solution I’ve
got, and it worked in I Am Legend.
If you think you may be infected with this new and dangerous
illness, please seal yourself off from the rest of humanity. I’m sorry but it’s quite probably too
late for you. As for the rest of
you: Good luck.
