The lab was slow to deliver the result, for it was a new type of pathogenic bacteria that had never been recorded.
As it turned out, it was not a virus—it was a pathogenic bacterium.
The result stunned Madilyn and Roxanne.
Nevertheless, Roxanne managed to recollect herself swiftly.
There were many things they had to work on instantly, so they had no time to waste.
The first thing they had to do was to lock down the entire building where the emergency room was before contacting all of the people who had entered that building that day to tell them to stay in the building.
Secondly, they had to contact the Centers for Disease Control to convey the gravity of the situation.
Thirdly, all of the emergency room staff members had to be sent to different rooms for standby so that they could
