Part 3: well, It can’t get worse, can it?
-Afghanistan, after a week, announces that they will not hand over Osama Bin Laden, and urge all Muslims across the world to “rise up against the great Satan”, while declaring smallpox as “Allah’s plague against the heathen”.
-The U.S., with the public support of the UN Security Council (all countries on the UNSC have been heavily affected by the smallpox attack), launches nuclear weapons against Kabul and Tora Bora, while simultaneously launching air strikes from aircraft carriers stationed in the Indian Ocean.
-Smallpox cases are confirmed in almost all U.S. cities. Rioting and violence, mostly directed against Muslims, rises. In one particularly nasty incident in Los Angeles, dozens of peaceful Muslim demonstrators are brutally overrun by a mob, mutilated, and hung from lamp posts, while police forces stand by and watch.
-Vaccine has now been distributed to many government workers, but they are still advised to take drastic safety precautions. Arm units called in to patrol and blockade cities are now all equip with MOPP gear, despite being vaccinated. Helicopter and jet fighter over flights are a daily sight in major cities, along with tanks and APCs rumbling through streets.
-Most of the Middle East is in chaos, as well as Africa and Central Asia. Israel remains unaffected, and has nearly finished vaccinating the populace. In a somewhat ironic situation, thousands of Palestinians, desperate for vaccine, attempt to flood into Israel.
-In China, the chaos is growing worse, as many in the Chinese army had not been vaccinated against smallpox. Many Army units refuse to come into close contact with civilians. Unrest brews.
-The U.S. government clamps down on the media, shutting down many “sensationalist” networks which had been feeding rumours of a cure. If there is any protest from the company, senior executives vanish.