I'm going to try and base this on the actual opening for the game. If you don't know what I'm talking about or you don't understand what is going on, I'll leave a link to the scene after the story to show you what I mean.
********** = Unknown time passing
Regular bold text in quotes = Unseen news reporter
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An unidentified person (wearing two hazmat suits) opens a centrifuge, takes out one of the test tubes from the machine and extracts the liquid from inside it via a treat pipette. He then turns around, walks forward and drops the liquid on a $20 bill, which is among hundreds of $20 bills, as well as currency from other parts of the world.
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"Did you know that this Black Friday, you can sleep better-"
"People all over the region-"
A shot of a huge crowd of people standing in front of a store, all waiting for the metal shutters to be open, and rush in when they are opened.
"Retailers are calling this their biggest Black Friday ever-"
"Millions of dollars in cash changing hands-"
The scene shows many groups of people, traveling to various different stores, purchasing many different items, with one guy paying for something with a $20 bill, with the cashier taking the bill.
"Starting a 4 am, you can save big on-"
"People are emptying the stores-"
The scene then shows many other moments: people leaving New York City on a plane, a little girl and her family heading up a building via an elevator (the girl is the one to press the button), people handshaking each other, touching various surfaces, and their faces.
Back at the store mentioned earlier, people were fighting, tackling each other, and shoving each other to try to get to where they need to go, and what items they want, even if someone already has that item.
One or two weeks later
"The flu season is as early as this late November-"
"This appears to be an unknown variant of the flu..."
The scene shows various people coughing, one guy wiping his nose then grabbing the pole of a bus to hang on to, a group of friends video chatting to one another one (with one of them looking sick and coughing), and a shot of a TV commercial for an antiviral drug that has 'fast and powerful' relief.
"...catching many experts off guard"
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A quick shot of a pharmacy with a sign that 'No more Sanitizer' which then cuts to a reporter panda broadcasting.
"The flu is getting worse out here, everyone..." Said the reporter, wearing a face mask over her mouth, with a billboard behind her saying 'DID YOU HAVE YOUR FLU JAB YET?' On TV, underneath her the caption says 'FLU OUTBREAK WORSENS, NEW YORKERS PREPARE FOR WINTER MISERY'
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A shot from a security camera in a clinic waiting room seeing more and more people enter, one person coming in with an IV bag and one more arriving in a hospital bed, being led by people in HAZMAT suits.
A news cameraman captures an ambulance racing away, while another camera man captures the chaotic scene of a packed emergency room; on TV, the caption reads 'EPIDEMIC FEARED: CONCERNS HEIGHTENED AS EMERGENCY ROOMS REACH BREAKING POINT'
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Tom Clancy's The Division: Caleb's Activation
ActionA Veteran agent of a shadow agency activated only when all else has fails, a lion leaves his stepbrother when he is activated during the midst of an outbreak that leaves many first responders dead; police and medical staff spread thin and overwhelme...
