Weapons of Mass Destruction
C.J. Josh, the cold war is over. There’s not gonna be a nuclear...
JOSH
God, C.J. It’s not gonna be like that. It’s not gonna be the red phone and nuclear
bombs.
C.J.
What’s it gonna be?
JOSH
It’s gonna be this. It’s gonna be something like this. Smallpox has been gone for
50 years. No one has an acquired immunity. Flies through the air. You get it...
you carry a ten foot cloud around with you. One in three people die. If 100 people
in New York City got it, you’d have to encircle them with 100 million vaccinated
people to contain it. Do you know how many doses of smallpox vaccines exist in the
country? Seven. If 100 people in New York City get it, there’s gonna be a global
medical emergency that’s gonna make HIV look like cold and flu season. That’s how
it’s gonna be, a little test tube with a-a rubber cap that’s deteriorating... A guy
steps out of Times Square Station. Pshht... Smashes it on the sidewalk... There is
a world war right there.
The West Wing: “The Crackpots And These Women” by Aaron Sorkin
Posted by Paul at August 22, 2003 12:45 AM |