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June 6 2011, 20:33:27 UTC 6 years ago
I'm thinking of how Dr. Abbey, who is clearly a competent albeit arrogant researcher and knows a bit about KA, handled Shaun's party. She didn't need testing units to figure out if they had amplified. It's not rocket science.
Now, should everyone be as lackadaisical about it as her? No. But do they need to be tested eight times just to get into an apartment building? Absolutely not.
Frankly, I can think of a lot of better, safer, and more effective ways to prevent outbreaks in populated areas. But... it's like in 1984. The point is not to Win the War. The point is to waste resources and retain the siege mentality.
June 6 2011, 22:56:40 UTC 6 years ago
My overall reaction to the books is that she is writing something of an allegory on our current culture of fear and terror, and how much that's changed through time. And yeah - I don't want to live that way. We don't need to live that way.