Overview
A virus outbreaks in New York City after a business traveler returning from Asia spreads the disease. Within days the virus has spread human to human and the indications of a pandemic has begun.

Backstory:
A virus was found in 1996 to infect birds and poultry. It was first discovered in asia where in less than in a month it killed 5 people. It then spread to other parts of the world. Now over X people have died. The virus kills when it comes in contact with a human form about 50% of the time. The virus is changing. It's become weaker. A weaker virus is ironically more dangerous. It doesn't kill as fast so it can stay in its host longer. The more people the host connects with the more likely it will be passed on. If it is able to mutate succesfully to transport from human to human, a pandemic could occur. The is one organization responsible for monitoring such activities, the Worldwide Health Organization. There are 6 stages of a pandemic. The wold has been at Stage 3, yellow alert. Until one day the scales tip, the virus mutates, and the pandemic begins.

Main Story Beats
Day 1: Patient 0 flies home from Asia (Tip: Consider making the first cases outside of America to allow some preperation.)
Day 6: Medical professionals detect 3 cases of bird flu in a humans in America. Don't know connection between each other
Day 7: Human to human spread identified. CDC identifies the cases are related.

Day 7: WHO finds more human cases. Deploy a rapid response team (must respond within a few weeks)
Day 7: Idenitfy and isolate the new virus. To create a vaccine (6 months from when vaccine is created)
Day 13: Many new cases; People who came in contact with the first 3 are sick. Disease spreads along roads and airline routes.
Day 14: Initial cases have died. WHO can't contain the virus in Asia.

Day 18: Virus arrives in your community. Virus spreads randomly. across the globe. (peeks in 5 weeks)
Day 40: Peak of the pandemic. 5000 people arrive at hospitals. Hospitals cancel non-flu cases. Businesses empty.
Day 75: Flu goes down, passes it's peak

Day 90: Settiling down, Challenge to the funeral industry, People must set new standards of decency
Day 120: Communities hunkering down, Long - scale absenteeism., Health people need to act
Day 150: Virus mutates less dangerous form. Many people have immunity

Day 180: Vaccine ready. vaccine distribution. Who gets it first? Politics
Day 365: Done. Results screen (severe, mild, medium), number of deaths. Stock market recovers