Certainly nobody would be tempted to misuse it, for murder, for political power, or worse. This skill is quickly regulated, licensed, bonded, and controlled. The other is the discovery that a few rare individuals have brains that are receptive to being controlled by others, allowing those who are locked in to occasionally 'ride' these people and use their bodies as if they were their own. One is a virtual-reality environment, 'The Agora', where the locked-in can interact with other humans, whether locked-in ornot. Spurred by grief and the sheer magnitude of the suffering, America undertakes a massive scientific initiative. including the President's wife and daughter. But in the US that's 1.7 million people 'locked in'. And 1% find themselves 'locked in' - fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus.ฤก% doesn't seem like a lot. 4% suffer acute meningitis, creating the largest medical crisis in history. 95% of those afflicted experience nothing worse than fever and headaches. Fifteen years from now, a new virus sweeps the globe.
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