Ashleigh answers “I found the ending puzzling. All through...”

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I found the ending puzzling. All through the book there was this question of did the Russians cause this epidemic. The ending was abrupt and frankly I don't know what the conclusion was. Do you readers have any thoughts about this to share?

Ashleigh I think the implication was the polar bears dug up a preserved and infected mammoth and ate it and were infected by the ancient pre flu ancestor. Then…moreI think the implication was the polar bears dug up a preserved and infected mammoth and ate it and were infected by the ancient pre flu ancestor. Then the Russian scientists discovered it as they were trying to figure out what killed all those polar bears. They weaponized it and likely released it, and the US would have done the same for defense in war with the virus Henry invented at USAMRIID if Henry had not anticipated his sociopath co worker's plan and figured out a cure for his deadly virus and published it. So our ongoing Cold War killed us all. And maybe the polar bears could dig up the mammoth bc the permafrost is melting bc global warming. My thoughts. Just finished it 1 hr ago(less)

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