[ WP ] A Pandemic is plaguing the Earth , however , symptoms of the infected are an increased vitality , stable body conditions , and a more `` desirable '' personality .

If a person from the other states visited, it would n't seem like there's anything unusual about this city. Truth is, the virus has affected a majority of the population here; a mere 5 % of the city's population are Living, while the remaining had become Soulless. 
 
 The government made an emergency announcement about a pandemic a year ago. There were n't many details on what the virus did to people, but the urgency in the voices of the announcers was unmistakable. When the virus infected this state, my city was the first and hardest hit; too many had been infected for too long before the vaccine for the virus was developed. 
 
 At first, being infected by the virus did n't seem like such a bad thing. The infected were observed to be healthier than before; conditions such as anaemia and bronchitis disappeared from infected patients. Doctors and researchers were further baffled when it was noticed that the infected lived longer than the average human, up to 140 years. `` Maybe it's not so bad after all!'' They told one another, with relieved sighs and pats on the back. The urgency for a vaccine decreased, a mistake that mankind paid for in time. 
 
 A few months after the infection, psychologists began to feel concerned about the infected. Although their personalities gained a slight improvement, there was an unnerving nonchalance, a lack of true emotion in everything they did. `` Soulless, that's the only way you can describe it.'' A nervous psychologist whispered, `` As though they lost all that makes one human.'' 
 
 Soon, doctors too raised a different concern; the Soulless no longer had the ability to reproduce. The few patients that were admitted into the maternity wards were all tested negative for the virus. `` Repopulation of the United States alone will require many, many generations. What will become of the human race now?''
