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heart but no brains

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the world._Nice to
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hate,

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but no heart; and we’*re both
unhappy, and we both suffer.

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«Beauty will save the world». This is one of
Dostoevsky's most often quoted sentences,
but few know precisely what it means.

HELLO...?

Hi... I'M NOT
LOOKING FOR ANY
TROUBLE!

WAIT... HOW OO
YOU KNOW MY
FATHER?

SEEMS LIKE YOU
REALLY ARE IN THE KNOW.
CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME

THEN...WHY ON EARTH WAS THE
SG TOWER ATTACKED?! T HAVE
FOUND EVIDENCE OF A LINKED
DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN
ONLINE. YOU MUST KNOW
ABOUT IT ALREADY?

https://chairman.12345/9605/sonon.php
Don’t worry.It’s secure and can’t be
traced back to either of us.

WELCOME!
THIS IS THE

CHAIRMAN. RELAX, WE'RE

THE GOOD Guys!
I'VE HEARD YOUR
FATHER IS
RECOVERING WELL
AT ST. MARTHA'S?

WE HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWING THE NEWS,
‘AVA. T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED WITH YOUR
Se FATHER. NOT MUCH WE
Noes THE LOCAL 5 OON'T KNOW ABOUT!
COMPANY, AND HE HOW CAN WE HELP
YOu?
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ATTACKED A SG TOWER!
LET'S SkIP TO WHAT
YOU NEEO, AVA, WE
DON'T HAVE MLICH.

SOMEONE HIJACKED
THE PETITION ANDO LINKEO IT TO THE CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE. IT HAS ACCUMULATED 52,000
IGNATURES 85% OF WHICH ARE BOTS. | GUESS
i HE LATTER GAVE IT THE TRACTION IT NEEDED,

SENO ME THE
OATA...WE HAVEN'T
BEEN TOO FOCUSED ON
MICHIGAN AS OF YET. THIS.
THING IS BIGGER THAN YOU
KNOW. OTHER PARTS OF THE
U.S, ANO OTHER COUNTRIES
- INCLUDING U.S, ALLIES -
ARE EXPERIENC! SIMILAR,
PROBLEMS.

GIVE US
ANOTHE®? 10
MINS TO
ANALYZE THE
OATA...

I’M REALLY
IMPRESSED BY THE
ANALYSIS, AVA. LE’
COMPARE NOTES!
SENDING YOU A FILE
NOw...



We live in a world
where the World Wide Web
is rife with misinformation and
disinformation. In a precarious
digital world, the need for awareness
about this risk is greater than ever. The
Resilience Series works to simplify and
present the threat inaccurate information
can have on important events that
shape the future of democracy.

In the second issue of the series, "Bug
Bytes," we see Ava Williams use her wits
and journalism skills to uncover a
disinformation campaign set to damage
critical communications infrastructure.
Ava discovers a few allies along the
way and races to try and help the
world see through the web of
lies being spun online.



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I'M FINE KIOOO. HAVE T MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT
RESTART MENTIONED HOW PROLIO I AM OF THERE IS A LINK ANO
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BEEN DOING ON DISPROVING

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THAT'S RIGHT! PEOPLE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT SG

TOWERS. PEOPLE DON’T
REALIZE THAT THIS IS
DISINFORMATION.

IS SIMPLY THE FIFTH GENERATION
OF WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY. RIGHT
NOW, MOST OF US ARE USING 36

THERE ARE SOME
TRACES ONLINE, BLIT THEY NEVER TALK TO ONE
ANOTHER? THEY NEVER SEEM TO POST A
COMMENT ANDO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH ONE
ANOTHER ON VERY OBVIOUSLY SHARED
IDEALS... SOMETHING FUNNY’S
GOING ON...

OR 4G NETWORKS FOR OLR
MOBILE PHONES AND SG IS THE
NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL
MAKE THINGS FASTER.

IT’S very
EASY TO BECOME
SUSCEPTIBLE TO

FAKE NEWS:

DISINFORMATION, DAD.
OISINFORMATION. INFORMATION
THAT IS NOT TRUE ANO IS BEING

SPREAD, IT'S EASY TO MIX UP
THE TERMINOLOGY.

I GET THAT DAO,
BECAUSE OF YOU. BLT
SO MANY DISTRUST NEW
TECHNOLOGY. ALL IT TAKES IS A
FEW WORDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
SHARED @Y A CELEBRITY OR
SOMEONE THEY KNOW TO.
BECOME AN ISSUE. BECALISE OF
THE DISINFORMATION, PEOPLE
BELIEVE THAT SG TOWERS ARE
GOING TO MAKE THEM SICK. ANO-
THAT SG IS SOMEHOW LINKEO
TO THE CORONAVIRUS, BUT
I OON'T SEE HOW THAT
COULO BE TRUE.







NOTES FROM CISA

DISINFORMATION IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO THE
UNITED STATES, OUR DEMOCRATIC WAY OF LIFE, AND
THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON WHICH IT RELIES, THE
RESILIENCE SERIES (OF WHICH THIS IS THE SECOND
TITLE) USES THE GRAPHIC NOVEL FORMAT TO
COMMUNICATE THE DANGERS AND RISKS ASSOCIATED
WITH DIS- AND MISINFORMATION THROUGH FICTIONAL
STORIES THAT ARE INSPIRED BY REAL-WORLD EVENTS.

THE RESILIENCE SERIES GRAPHIC NOVELS WERE
COMMISSIONED BY THE CYBERSECURITY AND
INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY (CISA) TO SHARE
INFORMATION TO ILLUSTRATE:

1) FOREIGN ACTORS ARE TRYING TO INFLUENCE U.S,

SECURITY, ECONOMY, AND POLITICS THROUGH THE

MALICIOUS USE OF ONLINE MEDIA TO CREATE AND
AMPLIFY DISINFORMATION,

2) WHILE THE STRATEGY OF USING INACCURATE
INFORMATION TO WEAKEN AND DIVIDE A SOCIETY IS
NOT NEW, THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA ALLOW
DISINFORMATION TO SPREAD MORE QUICKLY THAN IT

HAS IN THE PAST,

3) DEEPFAKES, BOTS, AND TROLL FARMS ARE JUST
SOME OF THE EMERGING TECHNIQUES FOR CREATING
AND SPREADING DISINFORMATION,

CISA ENCOURAGES EVERYONE T0 CONSUME
INFORMATION WITH CARE, PRACTICING MEDIA
LITERACY INCLUDING VERIFYING SOURCES, SEEKING
ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINTS, AND FINDING TRUSTED
SOURCES OF INFORMATION IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE
STRATEGY IN LIMITING THE EFFECT OF
DISINFORMATION, FOR MORE INFORMATION AND
FURTHER READING ABOUT DISINFORMATION, PLEASE
VISIT THE CYBERSECURITY & INFRASTRUCTURE
SECURITY AGENCY WEBSITE, WWW.CISA.COV.



WE HAVE THE VERY BEST
WORKING WITH THE LS. I’M QUITE
CERTAIN THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO DERAIL US FROM
THE INSIOE OUT.

YOU GUYS SEEM
TO HAVE A LOT OF
DATA! HOW ON EARTH

DID YOU MANAGE TO.
DO ALL THAT?

ANO THEY OON’T
NEED GLINS OR WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION TO PLIT US ON
THE PATH OF CHAOS. THEY JUST
NEED YOUR SOCIAL
MEDIA DATA.

MOSCOW IS SUPPLYING
A LOAD OF NONSENSE TO A
MULTITUDE OF ANTI-VACCINATION
PETITIONS AND GROUPS. IT IS A
TICKING TIME BOMB WHICH IS
GOING TO BLOW LIP IN OUR FACES
UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT!

A MAJOR CHALLENGE Ni
FACING US ALL TODAY IS
THE INTEGRITY OF THE DATA
WE ARE DROWNING IN. WHO IS
BEHIND THE POST? IS THE
SOCIAL MEDIA POST REAL?
THIS 1S THE OISINFORMATION
PANDEMIC, AVA.

T HEAP YOU.
I QUST DON'T
KNOW WHAT T
CAN 00 TO
HELP.

WHAT SOCIAL
NETWORK EVEN HAS TIME FOR
EXTENSIVE FACT CHECKING THESE
OAYS? THE VELOCITY OF NEWS
OUTSTRIPS HUMAN INTERVENTION
ANDO THE AI WE HAVE CAN BE
TRAINED, BUT IS NOT QUITE
THERE YET.

YOU NOTICED A
PRETTY SIMPLE TIME TREND
ON THAT PETITION. IT’S OFTEN WAY
MORE COMPLEX.

IT’S A PATTERN THE HUMAN EYE OFTEN
MISSES ANO SOMETIMES REQUIRES,
SHALL WE SAY, “GOING THE
EXTRA MILE.”

AN INTERNET PROTOCOL
ADDRESS CIP ADDRESS) IS A
NUMERICAL LABEL ASSIGNED TO.
EACH DEVICE CONNECTED TO A
COMPUTER NETWORK THAT USES
THE INTERNET PROTOCOL FOR
COMMUNICATION. AN IP ADDRESS
SERVES TWO MAIN FUNCTIONS:
HOST OR NETWORK INTERFACE
IDENTIFICATION ANO LOCATION

ADDRESSING.

HAS THERE
BEEN ANY RESEARCH

OR DATA THAT MAY HELP US:
DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE
ALGORITHMIC RESPONSES:
VERSUS THOSE BY THE
TROLLS?

ALSO, ONE OF OUR
GUYS AT NICT PROVED THAT

From IP To IP OWNER A BOT NEVER PEPLIES TO

ANOTHER BOT’S COMMENT.

THIS IS BIGGER
THAN ANYTHING I COULD
HAVE ANTICIPATED. SUT,
FORGIVE ME, ALL OF THIS
FEELS LIKE A BAD DREAM!
IT DON’T EVEN KNOW WHO
YOU ARE!

“AX UKRAINE”

IT’S TAKEN US
YEARS TO DEVELOP THE
RESOURCES AND CAPABILITY
WE HAVE TODAY. THERE ARE MANY
OF US LOOKING TO PROTECT

Our secrecy is part of what

WHAT WE LOVE. | WANT YOU TO TOGETHER, WE CAN
JOIN THE FAMILY, AVA! WE ALL BUILO OLR 6ROLIP OF keeps us all safe.
“DIR RUSSIA” WANT THE SAME: THING. DIGITAL PATRIOTS TO FACE

THESE BAD ACTORS. AND We ‘exist’ in cyberspace. But should

Mea ie DOOTELtee you choose to be our voice to the outside world,

FROM THE FALLOUT OF we can provide you with unparallelled resources

WHAT 1S LARGELY GOING, ri inati >
LINNOTICED BY THE to conduct your investigation. I711 leave you

(35) COUNTRY. to it. You know what to do.



IF THERE'S
ONE MESSAGE
YOU'D GIVE FOR
THE GENERAL
PUBLIC TO TAKE

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PLEASE TRUST US.
BELIEVE IN SCIENCE ANO MODERN
MEDICINE, THESE VACCINES WERE DEVELOPED
RAPTOLY BECAUSE WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH
THE TECHNOLOGIES. WE DON’T SIMPLY DO
WHAT WE 00 WITHOLT THE eTEOR OF
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE.
A VACCINE HAS NEVER BEEN
DEVELOPED AT A PACE AS ACCELERATED
AS THIS, IT'S NOT JUST BEEN US:
UNDERSTANDING THE VIRUS ANO WHAT IS
NEEDED FOR AN EFFECTIVE VACCINE
TAKES A MULTIDISCIPLINARY EFFORT EVEN AS THE SCIENTIFIC
FROM MANY: GROUPS: COMMUNITY HAS WORKED TO
FINALIZE THE VACCINE, OTHERS APE
WORKING TO FIGLIRE OLIT THE BEST WAY
\ TO GET THE VACCINES DELIVERED
=\ \ | AND ADMINISTERED,
\ | ) THANK
you.

AVA, THERE'S SOMEONE ‘

I WANT YOU TO MEET, HE'D PROBABLY ]

HAVE A BETTER LINDERSTANDING OF THE

MOTIVES AND ORIGINS OF SOME OF THE » i
ANTI-VAX GROUPS THAT ACE STEONGLY

AGAINST THE IDEA OF A VACCINE. | ura ce f
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I HAD MENTIONED 4
YOUR VISIT TO HIM IN PASSING AND Y rad
HE SAID HE WOULD BE LIP FOR =
SHOWING YOU HIS RESEARCH! _.

GOOD EVENING.
DOCTOR?

PLEASE,
HAVE A SEAT.

EMILY
TELLS ME YOU
ARE WORKING ON
SOMETHING BIG
RELATED TO FIGHTING
DISINFORMATION
AROUND THE COVIO-19
VACCINE?

THAT'S RIGH
I’M WORKING A
DOCUMENTARY THAT
SHEDS LIGHT ON HOW
CERTAIN GROLIPS ARE
LINKING SG TO
THE WEAKENING OF
PEOPLE'S IMMUNITIES
AND RENDERING
THE VACCINES
USELESS,

HOW A HANOFUL OF
PEOPLE ARE FUNDING
AOD CAMPAIGNS TO
GROW THE ANTI-VAX

CERTAIN COMMUNITIES
HAVE PARTICULARLY STRONG
RESPONSE CURVES TO THIS

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING!
SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS NEED
TO HELP PLIT AN END TO
WHAT IS SO CLEARLY A
NATIONAL RISK!

INTERESTING.
HAVE YOU BEEN
ABLE TO FOLLOW

THE MONEY?

=
THESE INVESTMENTS ARE
LEGAL AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, BUT IT
IS LIKELY TO HURT PEOPLE BECAUSE IT
USUALLY INVOLVES SPREADING FALSEHOODS,
LIKE ANY MEDICATION, VACCINES CAN CAUSE
SIDE EFFECTS, USUALLY VACCINE SIDE EFFECTS
ARE MINOR CFOR EXAMPLE, A SORE ARM
WHERE A SHOT WAS GIVEN OR A LOW-GRADE
FEVER AFTER A VACCINE? AND GO
AWAY ON THEIR OWN WITHIN
A FEW DAYS.

WE HAVE NOT MANAGED.
TO TRACE THE MONEY QUITE
AS FAR AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED
TO, SOME IS COMING FROM THE
PRIVATE INVESTORS, BUT
OTHERS, I AM NOT TOO
SURE AT PRESENT.

IT’S A LABYRINTHINE NETWORK
OF COMPANIES WHICH, IF I AM HONEST,
IS NOT WHAT WE ARE SET LP TO LOOK AT... BUT
IF YOU KNOW ANY FINANCIAL CRIME EXPERTS
WHO HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE TRACKING THE
FLOW OF MONEY, WHAT WE HAVE HERE MAY
BE RIGHT LIP THEIR ALLEY,

WELL... I HAVE
BEEN LOOKING AT
THE VACCINE, BUT
IT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH SE
OR ANY SUCH
NONSENSE!

TEAM UNCOVERED

MOVEMENT IN.
THE US,



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PARK COLLEGE UNIVERSITY.

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THANK YOU FOR FLYING ON COAST 2
COAST AIRLINES.

YOU DON’T
WASTE MUCH TIME
90 you?

LET ME GET
MY EARPHONES ON
AND WE CAN SPEAK,
PRIVATELY.

SORRY... I WAS
TRACKING THE FLIGHT
ONLINE...

THE AFTERNOON TRANSITIONS INTO LATE
EVENING AS SONORA MAKES HER WAY TO
THE TAXI.

OF COURSE, I'M
GLAD TO HELP. IF I MAY
ASK, WHY ARE YOU DOING
THIS? IS IT A STORY YOU

>
BEE CHASING COW, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT WOULON’T HAVE CALLEO
IF THIS WASN'T URGENT! MY FATHER IS ALREADY IN
THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF THIS WHOLE MESS!

I'VE GEEN MEANING TO ASK YOU ABOLIT CYBER LAW
FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW, FEELS LIKE THERE MU

SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO FIGHT ALI

THIS MISINFORMATION
FLYING AROUND.

AT FIRST IT WAS
PERSONAL BECAUSE MY FATHER
GOT HURT, BUT | REALIZED THAT
THIS IS SO MUCH LARGER THAN

THE TWO OF US.

MY FATHER WORKS:

AT A COMPANY THAT MAINTAINS SG
INFRASTRUCTURE IN MICHIGAN. HE WAS
ATTACKED BY A GROUP OF MASKED MEN,
WHO HE CAUGHT TRYING TO DESTROY A SE
TOWER. I DID SOME INTERNET SEARCHING
ANDO FOUND A PETITION ON
MAKEYOUROPINIONCOUNT.ORG THAT
WANTEO SG TOWER CONSTRUCTION
TO BE STOPPED
IN MICHIGAN.

THE PERSON <
WHO STARTED IT WAS TRYING TO
FOCUS ON THE RADIO WAVES AND THEIR
IMPACT ON OUR HEALTH, BLIT THE PETITION
SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN HIJACKED AND
LINKEO TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS. IT HAD A
LITTLE OVER 50,000 SIGNATURES ANO IT
SEEMS THAT AROUND 15 PERCENT COME
FROM WHAT LOOKS LIKE A BOT FARM.
SOMEONE IS PULLING THE STRINGS,
ON THIS SITUATION.

SHOCKING
WHAT SOME OF THESE
OUTFITS ARE ABLE TO DO WITH

OUST A FEW LINES OF CODE! T AM
SURE THAT YOU NOW UNDERSTAND THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MISINFORMATION

AND DISINFORMATION. THIS APPEARS
TO BE A CLASSIC DISINFORMATION

CAMPAIGN. WHERE FALSE INFORMATION
IS BEING USED TO MISLEAO
PEOPLE ANO MANIPULATE
THE MEDIA.

MISINFORMATION
1S MORE WHEN SOMEONE
MAKES A MISTAKE SUCH AS
PROVIDING FACTUALLY INCORRECT

INFORMATION, BUT IT’S NOT
MALICIOUS...

THIS IS REALLY
WHY I NEED YOUR HELP TO
UNDERSTAND IF THERE IS ANY
WAY TO SHUT OOWN THE
PETITION ANO - TO SE BLUNT -
BRING THE BOT FARM
OWNERS TO JUSTICE!

OVERSEAS. WHILE WE HAVE SEEN TALKING,
| TEXTEO SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTED
IN HELPING YOU. HIS GROUP LIKES TO
KEEP A LOW PROFILE, BUT YOU SHOLILD
BE HEARING FROM THEM ANY HAPPY TO LISTEN

MOMENT NOW. ANO, AS T SAID, T WILL
SEND SOMETHING YOUR
WAY THAT MIGHT BE
ABLE TO HELP OLIT A
LITTLE MORE THAN T
CAN. STAY SAFE AND
GOOONIEHT.

YES, OF COURSE. \
THANKS FOR LISTENING. I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
TAKING THE TIME TO HEAC

E OL AND THANKS SO MUCH

FOR MENTIONING ME TO YOUR
CONTACT. I LOOK FORWARD
TO HEARING FROM YOU!





AVA GOES ON STAGE TO COLLECT HER AWARD.

BEST NEw

COME
U Ss E © ie D IGITAL ma ILLIAME & LOW OF EmaTrTUCe

FOR HER EFFORTS ANO SHE
SHE HAS OONE IS A VERY WORTHY RECIPIENT

GREAT WORK AROLIND HIGHLIGHTING OF THIS AWAPD,
THE BENEFITS OF A VACCINE WHICH WILL
COUNTER THE VIRUS AND ENCOLIRAGING
PEOPLE TO EXPLORE DIFFERING VIEWPOINTS,
MOST NOTABLY, HER WORK RESULTED
IN A TIP-OFF THAT THWARTED AN
ATTACK ON AN IMPORTANT

fe INTERNET
SEES A HUGE VOLUME

AND VARIETY OF INFORMATION
PASS THROUGH IT EVERY DAY.
POLITICALLY, SOCIALLY OR
ECONOMICALLY WE WILL PROBABLY
DISAGREE ON A LOT OF THINGS,
BUT THERE IS NO PLACE FOR
DISINFORMATION IN
OUR LIVES.

AS SOMEONE
WHO IS JUST STARTING MY
CAREER AS A JOURNALIST, TAM \ Ug
THANK YOL, HONORED AND EXCITED TO BE A PART OF A
IT'S A GREAT HONOP FIELO DEDICATED TO HOLOING OLIRSELVES ANO\ J
TO RECEIVE THIS OUR INSTITUTIONS ACCOUNTABLE. PEOPLE CAN
AWARD. > GET INFORMATION FROM MANY PLACES THESE
J OAYS, MAKING OLIP ABILITY TO EOUCATE THE
PUBLIC THROLIGH ACCLIRATE, FAI, ANO

FACTUAL REPORTING EVEN
ate IMPORTANT.

— MANY OF US
ARE WORKING TO FIGHT
DISINFORMATION. I THANK YOU
FOR RECOGNIZING MY EFFORTS:
ANO AM GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
PLAYED A SMALL PART IN A
MUCH BIGGER STORY.



PLEASURE TO
HAVE YOU WITH US,
DARREN, LET'S DIVE

RIGHT IN... CAN YOU TELL
ME A LITTLE MORE
ABOUT YOUR ROLE AT
TRUSTINNATURE?

THAT'S QUITE A
FOOTPRINT. WHAT IS THE
CORE REASON YOU'RE
AGAINST VACCINATION?

MUCH OF WHAT WE SEE BEING PEDDLED BY THE

SURE. I HEAD UP THE
NATION'S LARGEST DIGITAL
ANTI-VAX COMMUNITY. WE HAVE
OVER 15 MILLION MEMBERS.
AROUND THE NATION!

PERSONALLY, DO YOU
THINK THE VERY IDEA OF
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN
THE HEALTH SECTOR PROMOTING

VACCINES |S WRONG?

YES, | OO THINK
IT’S WRONG. THE
INFLUENZA VACCINE

GOVERNMENT IS PSELIDOSCIENCE WITH INCONCLUSIVE OATA
SUPPORTING THEIR HYPOTHESIS. WE HAVE OUR OWN SCIENCE
TEAMS THAT HAVE SHOWN THAT THE DATA ITSELF IS QUESTIONABLE
AROUND HOW WELL THESE NEW VACCINES WORK! OLIR BACKERS
BELIEVE IN OUR MISSION TOO. WE ARE HERE

TO PROTECT AMERICA.

HAS NOT QUITE

LIKE I SAID EARLIER ANO
AS WE CAN NOW SEE, VACCINES
AREN'T PERFECT. THEY'RE
NOT EVEN FREE!

00 YOU EVER THINK Xo
WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE 1
COULO AT LEAST BE
REMOTELY CONNECTED TO
DISINFORMATION OR
SOME SOCIAL MEDIA
WILOFIRE?

EVEN IF IT IS TRUE,

I STILL BELIEVE IT’S THE
SELFISHNESS OF THE SYSTEM.
AND FOR WHATP THE NEWS
AND EVIDENCE IS THERE.

WHAT IF IT'S.
NOT GENUINE?

WE HAVE SOME
HARD SACRIFICES TO MAKE.
ALL THE VACCINES AMERICAN
KIOS HAVE BEEN HIT WITH, OON’T
YOU BELIEVE WE’VE BEEN
CLOGGING UP THEIR
IMMUNE SYSTEMS?

WHAT ABOUT THE
FACTS AND STATISTICS
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
THE UNITED NATIONS
PUBLISH?P

JUST BECAUSE IT’S
A NUMBER DOESN'T MEAN IT’S
TRUE. DON’T YOU THINK METRICS ARE
USED TO PUSH AN AGENDA, UNDER A COVER
OF BEING OBJECTIVE? WE NEED TO LISTEN
TO THE PLIBLIC, AND WITH SEVERAL MILLION
VOTERS AS MEMBERS, WE THINK THAT
TRUSTINNATURE HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO BE AN IMPORTANT VOICE
IN THE SPACE. WHY NOT THE
SAME HEREP PARENTS HAVE
TO GE ABLE TO DECIDE FOR THEIR
CHILOREN, NOT THE GOVERNMENT.
WHAT PARENT WOULD WANT THEIR KIDS TO
BE PLAGLIED BY ALITISM OR ARTHRITIS?
APPARENTLY, IT SEEMS THAT WAY, GIVEN THE
BILLION DOLLARS’ WORTH OF MARKETING
THESE MEDICAL COMPANIES
INVEST IN.

SPEAKING OF
MARKETING DOLLARS, IT
APPEARS AS IF YOUR GROUP IS
ONE OF THE TWO SPENDING TENS OF
MILLIONS ON DIGITAL AOVERTISING ON
FRIENOPLACE AND OTHER PLATFORMS?
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON
YOUR DONOR BASE?

ELIMINATED FROM THIS

MANY
DISEASES HAVE BEEN

THERE ARE MANY
INTERVENTIONS THAT
OON’T INVOLVE A
VACCINE... HERO IMMUNITY
IS A THING, RIGHT?

COUNTRY, SO WHY PERPETUATE

HAVE EVEN BEEN CORRELATED

NE VICIOUS CYCLEP FLU SHOTS,

TO INFLUENZA IN
THE PAST.

SO ARE WE GOING
TO KEEP GIVING
MAINSTREAM MEDIA
TOTAL POWER?

BUT WHAT ABOUT
COVID-19? IT’S A
DISEASE NO ONE HAS
REALLY HEARD OF
TILL NOW.

OON’T PEOPLE
OIE EVERY DAY?

NO ONE BATS AN EYE:
WAR, POVERTY, CORRUPTION.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN ABLE

TO ERADICATE INFLUENZA
FOR CRYING
OUT LOUD.

OON’T YOU THINK
THERE'LL BE TOO MANY
DEATHS BEFORE WE
REACH THAT?

NO COMMENT ON OLR
DONORS. SOME ARE PLIBLIC AND
OTHERS PREFER TO BE KEPT OUT OF THE
SPOTLIGHT. SO, IN DEFERENCE TO THEIR
PRIVACY, LET'S PLEASE MOVE TO THE NEXT
QUESTION. BLT “YES,” TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION, WE ARE SPENDING ON DIGITAL
ADVERTISING AS IT SEEMS TO BE THE
BEST WAY TO GROW OLR BASE.



BuRReReN!
BABY BLIRRRN!
ANO TAKE THAT
NASTY DISEASE

WITH YOU!

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Hey!

CLEAR OUT.

QUIT THAT RACKET!
PACK UP ANDO LET'S

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NOT WORKING IN EAST ANN AeBOR.
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BE SOMETHING WEONGE... DON’T
THINK IT’S COMMUNICATING
BACK TO HO,

SURE THING!

+ SURE THING! JUST A FEW

MILES OUIT...LEMME TAKE A
LOOK...

I’M ON IT,
CHIEF

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THAT CRAZY CONSPIRACY
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NONSENSICAL LINK TO THE
VIRUS, HOW CAN PEOPLE
BELIEVE THAT STUFF?!

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NOs
FRANK, IT SOLINDS
LIKE THERE'S A FIRE.
I’M CALLING 411,
GET OVER THERE
ASAP!

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TO DESTINATION...
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DR. HARTMAN?
T’M HERE AT THE
RECEPTION.

OF COURSE, AVA.
I'LL BE DOWNSTAIRS
SOON. HOPE YOU'RE

WEARING YOUR
MASK?
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IT WASN'T THAT BAD!
NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE
ON THE ROAD.

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| WHY OON’T I TAKE
YOU UP TO THE LAG?
rh WE CAN TALK MORE
(\ a UPSTAIRS.

THEY ENTER A LAB ANO SEE THE VARIOUS Lo it
DOCTORS WORKING ON THEIR APPARATUS, —

WELCOME TO 7
PARK COLLEGE! HOW
WAS THE ORIVE? ALL

THE WAY FROM ANN
\_Ae8oe... SHEESH.

WE HAVE
TO 6O THROUGH
A VERY COMPREHENSIVE
SANITIZATION PROCEDURE!
PLEASE LEAVE YOUR
BACKPACK AND OTHER
BELONGINGS
HERE.

WE OON’T
USUALLY ALLOw IT.
BUT CONSIDERING YOU'VE
COME ALL THIS WAY AND YOU J
HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED

YOU KNOW
ABOUT SYMOUS...
OH, NEVER MIND! WHY AM T
SO SURPRISED! PEOPLE NEED
TO KNOW THE TRUTH. WERE AT

WAR WITH SOMETHING THAT
COULD GIVE THIS VIRUS
EVEN MORE
POWER.



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THAT’S WEIRO.
(7 THERE SEEMS TO BE A
LINK BETWEEN SG AND
COVIO IN THESE

oi ata WHY TRY TO LINK SE

TECHNOLOGY TO THE VACCINE?
WE DON’T HAVE A VACCINE YET...
THERE CAN'T BE ANY RESEARCH TO
SUPPORT THIS CLAIM, IT TAKES
A LONG TIME TO DO
THOSE STUDIES.

Laura Brant

_ MEN. |
1 + NONE OF THE

TPNH WM WIN a Ne oUrOMIniencountuornlstopse PEOPLE COMMENTING
ON THE VACCINE’S LINKS TO 56 WERE
STOP 5G CELL TOWER DEPLOYMENT IN MICHIGA\ TAN ANE MACCINE'S LINKS TO 56 WERE
52,063 have signed, let's get 75,000. /\ NOT ENOUGH ON THEI2 PROFILES TO
SUGGEST THAT THEY ARE

4 ij REAL PEOPLE. “end

rf om a,
— THIS SEEMS LIKE THE RESULT
OF A MALICIOUS CYBER CAMPAIGN!
BUT ORCHESTRATED BY WHOM?
I NEED TO LOOK INTO THIS

SOME MORE... HMMM...
HMM...LOOKS A BIT ~
STRANGE?! SO MANY
RANDOM COMMENTS. SOME ‘
OON'T LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE >
BEEN MADE BY A REAL --f /\
PERSON! \
7 >

I WONDER IF
THESE ARE
REAL...

UPDATES

Abigail Palmer . 2 hours ago

5G is going to destroy our immunity. The radiowaves LAURA BRANT,
from 5G will make it impossible to resist the ABIGAIL PALMER,
virus! This is all an experiment on humanity. OHANUSH PATEL.

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Tony S. . 2 hours ago
THIS IS A DANGER TO HUMANITY. IT HAS TO STOP!

352 Reply





T CAN'T BELIEVE ALL’
THIS HAS HAPPENEO IN
OUST ONE WEEK.

HAVE SAID SOMETHING.
fIUST SOME PEOPLE WORKING
WITH ME ON THE STORY. I've
BEEN ALRIGHT. YOU'RE THE ONE
WHO NEEDS THE LOOKING
AFTER, M2. SUPERHERO. TRY

GUYS YOURSELF
NEXT TIME!

SAYS MS. LANE
WITH ALL HER
REPORTING! HAH!

WE INTERRUPT OUR CURRENT
BROADCAST TO BRING YOU NEWS
FROM THE CAPITAL CITY.

WE HAVE ARRESTED A
SUSPECT WHO HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS
THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE ARSON OF THE SG
TOWERS IN MICHIGAN. THIS ARREST WAS MADE
AFTER AN ANONYMOUS TIP WAS GIVEN
TO THE LOCAL POLICE.

= THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS GARETH MCGIBSON.

HE IS CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED FOR
TIES TO THE ANTI-VACCINATION PETITION ANO-
LINKS TO FOREIGN BACKERS. ACCORDING TO

OUR INVESTIGATIONS, MCGIBSON HAD BEEN

ORCHESTRATING THIS ATTACK, AND ATTACKS.

ON OTHER SG TOWERS WITH THE
HELP OF THESE BACKERS.

AVA? HONEY,
IS THAT YOUP,

] AVA? I'VE
BEEN SO WORRIED
AGOLIT YOU. SOMEONE
CALLEO AND TOLO ME NOT TO
WORRY, WHO WAS THAT? NEVER
HEARD YOU MENTION THEM
REFORE? THEN I SAW YOU
ON THE NEWS/ T AM SO,

PRETEND OTHERWISE. IT'S
BEEN A BIT MUCH EVER SINCE..
THE INCIDENT, I 0O FEEL IT
MAY BE COMING DOWN

WITH SOMETHING!

WHO IS IT,

ON, HONEY. CAN’T YOU
: TAKE SOME TIME ANO
I WILL, JUST RESTPP
NEEO TO SEE THIS THING
THROLIGH. I THINK TM ONTO
SOMETHING. I PROMISE T’LL
GET MY B HOURS OF
SLEEP AFTER THIS. THAT'S MY GIRL
FS NE I’M SO THANKFUL THE
INJURIES AREN'T SEVERE,
YOU AND ME, ALL WE HAVE,
IS EACH OTHER.

ME TOO,
DAO, IT'S SO
GOOD TO HAVE
YOU BACK,

MAY HAVE HEARD,
OUP PLUMBER FIXED
THE LEAK. THE JOB’S

I THOUGHT YOU
HAD SOMETHING
TO 00 WITH IT,

SOMETHING ELSE IS-

BREWING, POSSIBLY
YOUR NEXT BIG STORY!
IF YOU CAN HANDLE

A FEW MONTHS LATE!

WA ARRIVES AT THE NATIONAL JO!

IALISM AWARD CEREMONY.

THE CEREMONY
IS THIS WAY,
MISS WILLIAMS.

OUR FINAL
AWARD FOR “BEST
NEWCOMER ANO USE
OF DIGITAL MEDIA” GOES:
TO SOMEONE WHOSE WORK
HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN
EDUCATING PEOPLE DURING
A TIME WHERE DISINFORMA-
TION IS RAMPANT ANO
PEOPLE ARE QUICK TO
BELIEVE NEWS

WITHOUT VERIFYING
ITS ACCLIRACY. ;

THE AWARD
GOES TO MISS



I HAVE SEEN
SOME CHATTER ABOLIT
THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT
ANO WATCH, COULO BE?
THERE'S A PETITION IN A
STATE CORRELATING ITS
DEVELOPMENT TO
WEAKER IMMUNITY.
BUT ARE YOU < SANCHEZ FAMILY, WE APE
AWARE THAT THE PETITION ’ READY FOR YOU!
HAS BEEN HIJACKED
@Y TROLLS?

=

NO-- I--
WHAT DO YOU
MEAN?

I MEAN TO SAY
THE PETITION WAS ABOUT
\ PROTESTING AGAINST THE
| INSTALLATION OF SG NETWORKS AND
THE IMPACT OF THEIR EFFECTS ON OUR
HEALTH. WE STUDIED THE POSTS AND
CAN CONCLUSIVELY PROVE THAT A
LARGE NUMBER OF COMMENTS AND
POSTS ON THE PETITION WERE
“SUSPICIOUS.” WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT
THEY WERE NOT MADE BY PEOPLE IN

THIS FEELS LIKE

AN AMBUSH! YOU SHOULO

HAVE SHARED THAT WITH ME.

BEFORE THIS... NEVERTHELESS,

PLEASE SHARE YOLIP ANALYSIS is aoe read
WITH OUP TEAM OF DATA "
SCIENTISTS ANO FORENSIC
TECHNOLOGISTS AND WE

THE LINITED STATES. IN FACT, SOME = -————\ WILL PLIBLISH OLIE AVA HAS REMOVED HER MASK
OF THESE POSTS HERE WERE NOT — q HELLO,
EVEN MADE BY REAL PEOPLE, AG CELL TOWER ON NOINES. AS SHE EXITS THE BLIILOING. CHAIRMAN.
INSTEAD THEY WERE MADE
ey BOTs! 4“

MY APOLOGIES,

MY INTENTION WASN'T

TRYING TO SPRING ANYTHING

ON YOU, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE

YOU AWARE OF THESE DATA POINTS.
I KNOW THAT OR. HARIS ADAMOS.

HAS ALSO SHOWCASED ANALYSIS THAT
HAS HIGHLIGHTED HOW MUCH OF THE
ADVERTISING ONLINE AROUND THE
ANTI-VAX MOVEMENT IS JUST TWO

PARTIES: ONE OF WHICH IS

YOURSELVES, AND ONE OTHER IS A

QUESTIONABLE ORGANIZATION THAT

WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO

GET ANY COMMENTS FROM

AHEAD OF THIS!

LOOKS LIKE WE

\\
} iN ARE MAKING SOME

HEADWAY.

YES. I THINK IT’S GOING
WELL. WE NEEO TO SEEO THAT
INTERVIEW AS WIDELY ACROSS
THE INTERNET AS POSSIBLE. AND
I KNOW THAT TRUSTINNATLIRE
WILL COVER IT AS LANCASTER IS
ON IT. | MADE SOME TIME TO
SPEAK TO THE CHIEF AT
MARYLAND.

WE CAN’T
CONTROL WHAT OTHERS:
OO ON THE INTERNET! IT IS
THEIR PREROGATIVE
TO AOVERTISE!

WE HAVE DONE WHAT
WE NEEOEO TO 00 AND OUR
INFLUENCERS HAVE BEEN PAID TO
SEEO YOUR SEGMENT ACROSS EVERY
MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNEL.
YOUR INTERVIEW IS ALEEADY BLOWING
UP ALL OVER THE WEB. ANO THE
PETITION IS GETTING HEAT!

NO WONDER MY PHONE IS:
- THAT IS THE POWER OF THE
NEW NORMAL WHEN IT COMES TO NEWS, Or Cee

IT CUTS BOTH WAYS. THE TROLLS HAVE ALSO
STARTED TO FIGHT BACK. BUT TOO MANY
INDEPENDENT GROUPS ARE RLUINNING THE DATA.
YOUR CONCLUSIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN
CONFIRMED BY MEDIA, INDEPENDENT BLOGGERS
ANO FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS. NOW WE WAIT
ANDO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I EXPECT
SOME PUSHBACK!

e I BELIEVE THAT A VACCINE 4
DO YOU NOT , (S NOT THE ONLY INTERVENTION. SHOULD 1 @E

GELIEVE THAT LACK / OUR COMMUNITIES ARE FLILLY oneese
OF INTERVENTIONS COMPLIANT WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING
AGAINST COVID-19 AND TAKE ALL PROTECTIVE STEPS TO
COULO LEAD TO <j ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THEIR LOVED
HARM? ONES! THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
oN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE OUR
J PERSPECTIVE. BUT I NOW BELIEVE We oe
Wy THAT WE ARE NOT SHARING ANY NEW ;
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. INCOR MATION WITH VIEWERS AND SOL 7 uses, ano wes 00.
WHEN WE RETURN WE WILL MEET THANK YOU AGAIN, Me, WILLIAMS, NT ENOW He

WITH A FAMILY THAT HAVE COME

AROUND TO THE IDEA OF A
VACCINE WITHOUT COMPROMISING
N THEIR VALUE SYSTEM. 65) e

I THINK SOMEONE IS WAITING
FOR YOU AT HOME. WHY DON’T WE TOUCH BASE

AFTER? AND DON'T WORRY, HE IS IN VERY
GOOD HANDS!



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DEVELOPING AND ADMINISTERING
VACCINES TO PEOPLE IS ONE WAY TO PROTECT
CITIZENS AGAINST COVID-19 ANO LOTS OF WORK IS
BEING DONE TO PUSH THIS AHEAD. WE HAVE NOW

CONTROVERSIAL AND FOREIGN FORCES HAVE FUIELEO THE
ANTI-VACCINATION GROUPS BY CREATING A FALSE NARRATIVE
AROUND HOW THESE NEW VACCINES ARE DANGEROUS AND
SEEDING FALSE EVIDENCE, THE OUTCOME HAS HURT
INNOCENT PEOPLE LIKE MY FATHER. EVEN AS AN
ASPIRING JOURNALIST I DION’T REALIZE THE
POTENCY OF DISINFORMATION
UNTIL ALL THIS OCCURRED.

ANO, IF WE OON’T

PROTECT OUR SOCIETY FROM
THE MENACE OF SYNTHETIC AND
INACCURATE NEWS, WE MAY BE FACING
OUTCOMES THAT NONE OF US ARE

PREPARED FOR... AND ONES

THAT OUR ENEMIES

HOPE FOR!

MY FATHER WORKS: \
AT THE LOCAL 5G COMPANY,
MY NAME IS HE WAS AMBUSHED AT A SE
AVA WILLIAMS. I'M A TOWER HE WAS CALLED OLIT
GRADUATE STUDENT ATU. Lay TO FIX. THESE TOWERS
OF ANN ARBOR. WELCOME WERE ATTACKED BY SOME
TO THE BEGINNING OF MY PUNKS, WHO WRONGLY
JOURNEY FOR BELIEVED THAT THERE IS A
TRUTH. LINK BetwerN 56 AND

WE ARE IN A WAR

I WILL GE MEETING OR. EMILY
eA ET EG eye One HARTMAN WHO IS THE CHIEF VACCINOLOGIST

- ‘AT PARK COLLEGE LINIVERSITY. THEY HAVE
ee eA rove Eee: ALSO BEEN WORKING ON A PROJECT TO
TAN A COULD HAVE ENE : INTRODUCE A VACCINE THAT WILL BE
} HE WAS ATTACKED, BUT EFFECTIVE AGAINST FURTHER STRAINS OF

THESE WEREN'T THE VIBUS ANO GENERATE GREATER

ORDINARY MUSEERS. p SUPPLIES OF THE VACCINE.

THEY WERE INFLUENCED z
BY A CONSPIRACY MUCH WE CAN'T AFFORO TO
LARGER THAN THE SUA GE SILENT. THESE AGEN'T

OF ITS PARTS. OUST AMERICAN LIVES,

BUT ALL OF HUMANITY IS
‘AT STAKE HERE,



=
AVA GETS A CALL FROM OR HARTMAN HELLO AVA,
AS SHE LEAVES THE UNIVERSITY. THERE WAS A RANSOMWARE
ATTACK ON OUR RESEARCH SHORTLY
AFTER YOU LEFT. I JUST WANTED TO
MAKE YOU AWARE OF THIS AS THIS MAY
BE RELEVANT FOR YOUR STORY. SYMOUS
JUST HELPED OUR INFORMATION
TEAM FOIL A RANSOMWARE
ATTACK ON THE VACCINE
RESEARCH,

WHAT YOU ARE one, |
IT’S COMMENDABLE! I 00 SEE THE NEEO

TO FIGHT AGAINST DISINFORMATION THAT COULD
LEAD TO LOWER TAKE LIP OF ANY VACCINE!
T AM PARTICULARLY WORRIED ABOUT THE
ANTI-VAX MOVEMENT.

YOU CANNOT USE
SCIENTIFIC RATIONALITY AND
NUMBERS TO WIN THIS WAR, AVA. YOU NEEO
TO WIN THEIR HEARTS AND MINOS FIRST AND
THEN SHOW THEM THE TRUTH... YOU OO HAVE
CONCRETE PROOF, RIGHTP THAT THERE ARE
GROUPS DELIBERATELY SETTING OUT
TO INFLUENCE THEM?

I WONDER
WHY THEY WOULD ATTACK
YOUR VACCINE RESEARCH AND’
NOT OTHERS? DO YOU THINK
IT HAS SOMETHING TO 00,
WITH MY VISIT?

I HAVE THE PROOF,
OOCTOR! ANO, TOGETHER
WITH YOUR DATA, I THINK WE
COULO MAKE SENSE OF IT
ALL FOR THEM... I QUST
NEED TO GET IN
FRONT OF THEM.

THE OTHER CHALLENGE
1S THAT YOU HAVE TO PERSUADE THEM
THROUGH THEIR OWN MEDIA. THEY DON’T
TRUST MAINSTREAM NEWS, AS I AM SURE YOU
WELL LINDERSTAND. YOU WILL NEEO TO MEET
WITH DARREN LANCASTER, WHO LEADS
TRUSTINNATURE, THE MOST POPLILAR ANTI-VAX
SITE, ANO BE “INVITED” TO SHARE A STORY.
AND THE IRREFUTABLE PROOF.

LET ME
You became a victim of the project_x RANSOMWARE 4 PATCH ANOREW

The harddisks o£ wer have been encryr

Pines” = YES! PART OF
THEIR OEMANOS INCLUDE

TO BE DEPOSITED INTO A CRYPTO
WALLET WITHIN TWO DAYS OR
THEY OELETE THE DATA. LITTLE
OO THEY KNOW THAT OUR TEAM
HAD ALREADY ANTICIPATED THIS:
ANO WORKED WITH SYMOUS
TO SET LP A DECOY SERVER,
WHICH IS WHAT WAS: ALL OF THE ACTUAL DATA IS POST-QUANTUM
ATTACKED. ENCRYPTED AND NOW LIVES ON A SECRET
SERVER IN AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION. THE
UNIVERSITY’S INFORMATION TEAM HAO SHARED
THEIR FEARS OF AN ATTACK, ANO LUCKILY THEY
ALREADY HAD BACKUPS OF THEIR OATA IN

MY RESEARCH
IS ALL OUT THERE

ALREADY, BUT I AM
SEEN AS TOO PRO-VAX
TO HAVE A VOICE
THERE!

PLACE, IN CASE SUCH AN EVENT TOOK PLACE.
THANKS TO THEIR QUICK THINKING, WE OION’T
HAVE TO OO MUCH AND WE WORKED QUICKLY
b TO MAKE THE DATA EVEN MORE SECLIRE

ME GET THAT
FROM YOU!

WELL, I OID HAVE
THIS INCREDIBLY... SHALL WE
SAY “ANIMATED” DEBATE WITH DARREN
OVER A TEXT WAR. LET ME SEE IF I CAN
FINO HIS NUMBER... COULD GIVE
YOU HIS -- AH! THERE IT IS...
DARREN’S NUMBER...

USING POST-QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPH

THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO
SECURE DATA AND WORKS BY LISING
PHOTONS OF LIGHT TO ENCRYPT DATA IN SUCH
A MANNER THAT IT IS EVEN SAFE FROM A QUANTUM
COMPUTER, WHICH IS THE MOST POWERFUL COMPLITER
CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE, THE TEAM AGREED THAT THIS WAS:
THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND FASTEST SOLUTION TO PROTECT
THE VALUABLE RESEARCH THEY HAVE BEEN DOING. THIS
ATTEMPT AT AN ATTACK HIGHLIGHTS THE NEEO TO PROTECT
COMPUTERS AND SENSITIVE DATA FROM BEING
HIJACKED ANDO THE IMPORTANCE OF LISING THE
MOST UP-TO-DATE METHODS

I WILL SENO OVER
THE DATA I HAVE TOO, SO THAT
YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH DARREN. SHOW HIM
THAT NONE OF THIS IS DOCTORED. THE ONLY
THINGS MADE UP HERE ARE
THOSE ADS!

TAKE CARE
AVA, ANO GOOD

MY BEST, SUCH
A PLEASURE,

SPREADING
OISINFORMATION ON

AT LEAST WE NOW
" SOCIAL MEOIA AND USING
KNOW THAT I’M BEING WATCHED PANSOMWARE WHICH IS

AND WHOEVER IS BEHINO THIS.
DOES NOT WANT MY STORY ABOUT ELESALIGERAVION,
THE MANIPULATED PETITION AND ITS:
FALSE LINK TO THE VACCINE

e) 7 2 TO BE EXPOSED.

THANI
YOU DOCTOR.
T REALLY
APPRECIATE



CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE
ALREADY IN GRAD SCHOOL!

CYBERSECURITY, AND THEN YOU
GOT THAT FULL RIDE TO GRAD
SCHOOL FOR JOURNALISM!
ANDO YOU'RE A TEACHING
ASSISTANT TOO! YOU MAKE
ME SO PROUD, KIO!

C'MON SWEETHEART,

IS THAT ALL YOU GOT FOR YOUR’
OLD MAN?! YOU EARNED THIS!
YOU'RE THE FIRST OF US TO GET
TO COLLEGE, LET ALONE
GRAD SCHOOL.

7 W/ NOW STOP ALeEADY!
‘ AY YOULKNOW WHAT MOM

7 FIRST GRADUATING CUM LAUDE IN

DAAANO
THIS IS ME...

SPECIAL BULLETIN AS
COVID-19 NUMBERS CONTINUE TO
RISE ACROSS THE NATION.

SO MUCH HAS.
CHANGED SO QUICKLY! FIRST
MOM ANO NOW THIS... WELL,
AT LEAST THE SUN
1S Out!

COULD YOU
PLEASE PUT ON YOUR
MASK! THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE HERE! ANO... I AM NOT

: \ READY FOR YOU TO BECOME

A STATISTIC!

Tht ta



HAHA YOU GOT ME!
PEOPLE BELIEVE WHAT THEY
READ ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IF T
DIDN'T KNOW BETTER, I WOULD
PROBABLY BELIEVE SOMETHING
IF MY FRIENDS POSTED IT ON
THEIR FEEDS. NO ONE TAKES
THE TIME TO CHECK THIS
STUFF ANYWAY.

PEOPLE ALSO ARE
NOT FULLY AWARE OF
WHAT SG IS ALL
A8OUT.

THAT IS PART OF
THE PROBLEM.

SG WILL HELP US DO

MORE WITH THE DEVICES ANO

SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE. FOR

EXAMPLE, I WOULO PROBABLY BE

ABLE TO DOWNLOAD A GAME OR A

MOVIE ABOUT S TIMES QUICKER
WITH SG.

1. SOFTWARE THAT HELPS
MANAGE THE NETWORK = \ ge
2. LAPSE TOWERS CALLED MACRO
TOWERS THAT APE CONNECTED
THROUGH AN OPTICAL CABLE
3. SMALL CELLS THAT RECEIVE
AND TRANSMIT DATA.

THIS INFRASTRUCTURE
THEN CONNECTS TO OUR PHONES
AND LAPTOPS, WHICH MEANS WE CAN DO.
THINGS LIKE OOWNLOAD MOVIES FASTER,
LIKE YOU SAID. S6 ONLY CARRIES DATA
AND PHYSICAL THINGS LIKE VIRUSES OR
BACTERIA CANNOT TRAVEL IN RADIO.
WAVES OR TELEPHONE NETWORKS. IT
VIRUSES ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
FROM BIOLOGICAL VIRUSES, WHICH
CANNOT TRAVEL THIS WAY.

THAT'S RIGHT!
ALL OF THIS [S LINKED
TO THE CORE NETWORK, WHICH IS

INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ROUTES DATA AND
CONNECTS THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
ACCESS NETWORK. THE CORE NETWORK IS
CONNECTED TO A SYSTEM CALLED THE
RADIO ACCESS NETWORK OR PAN,
WHICH CONSISTS OF A FEW
> DIFFERENT PARTS:

IF THIS SPREADS MORE,

\ / IT COULD GET OUT OF HAND. CLAIMING
THAT SG TOWERS ARE LINKEO TO THE
VIRUS IS DANGEROUS - IT’S WRONG,

AND THOSE CLAIMS MIGHT INSPIRE
MORE ATTACKS LIKE THE
ONE ON YOU, DAD!



WHAT IS IT? MAKE
IT QUICK... I NEEO
TO BE ONA
FLIGHT IN 2 MINS...

AS SHE ENTERS
HE PLIBLIC SECTION OF THE AIRPORT.

CAN I CALL
YOU AFTEP YOU LAND? IT’S
URGENT. I THINK I HAVE
DISCOVERED A DISINFORMATION
CAMPAIEN ONLINE THAT COULD
RESULT IN A LOT OF PEOPLE
GETTING HURT.

FINE... LET ME
CALL YOU BACK
AS SOON AST

LAND IN Oc.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO WASHIT
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE LOCAL TIME IS



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ING.

I UNDERSTAND. SO How HAE
WE HAVE NOTHING THE TRIALS
TO HIDE HERE, BEEN?
ANDO THE STAKES i x \
ARE VERY HIGH. |

TILL MAKE AN j VDCoES

EXCEPTION,
‘ VIDEO ARCHIVE
L/' Dr. Ahmed from Atlanta
WHAT WE
4 HAVE DEVELOPED >
. IS A MESSENGER RNA VACCINE.

%
THIS WORKS BY CONVEYING GENETIC

ARE ABLE TO SYNTHESIZE SPECIFIC
PROTEINS WHICH, IN TURN, KICK OFF

ANTIBODIES THAT PROTECT
CELLS BY FIGHTING THE
CORONAVIRUS,

LET ME SHOW
YOU SOMETHING T
RECORDED AT THE COALITION
FOR COVIO VACCINE DEVELOPMENT,
g b / A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE WHERE A
NUMBER OF THE MOST RESPECTED
SCIENTISTS BROKE IT DOWN FOR
ANOTHER JOURNALIST THAT
ASKED ABOUT THE OIFFERENT
APPROACHES...

A NUMBER OF TRIALS

HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED OVER THE
LAST 8 MONTHS WITH VARIOUS: \
APPROACHES. FROM MRNA VACCINES TO
PROTEIN-BASED VACCINES, AS WELL AS.
ONA-BASED AND INACTIVE VIRUS-BASED
VACCINES IN DEVELOPMENT, THERE ARE A
WIDE RANGE OF STLIDIES INDERWAY TO
SEE WHERE THE BEST EFFICACY MAY BE.

ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SEVERAL
VACCINES STILL BEING DEVELOPED,

OUR CURRENT VACCINE HAS
AN EFFICACY RATE OF 908,

Atlanta

CAN YOU SIMPLIFY
THAT FOR US.
DOCTOR?

JT DR. MEHMOOD GOTAYWALA
ATLANTA

AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, Our PHASE 1
ma THE PROCESS FOR CREATING A VACCINE IS MORE ANC 2 TAA UNE
OF A MARATHON THAN A SPRINT. COMING OLT WITHA Xf ris BEER
LEGITIMATE VACCINE SO FAST HAS BEEN A VICTORY FOR COMMUNITY 1B NOW
SCIENCE. HERE IN THE U.S. WE ARE ALSO WORKING HARD TO WORKING TO LINOESSTAND
ENSURE THAT WE APE ABLE TO VACCINATE AS MUCH OF THE WHETHER THE VACCINES THEY
POPLILATION AS WE CAN. THERE IS NO ONE WAY TO DEVELOP A HAVE DEVELOPED ARE
VACCINE. AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN TIME MULTIPLE RESEARCH TEAMS =f — cerective AGAINST NEW
ARE OFTEN EXPLORING DIFFERENT WAYS TO ATTACK A SPECIFIC STRAINS OF THE VIEUS ANO
QA ViGUS, THAT'S Wity Ole COUNTRY ALWAYS REQUIRES THE IMPACT OF THESE NEW
VIGOROUS TESTING AND TRIAL PROCESSES BEFORE STRAINS ON THE HUMAN
WE MAKE VACCINES AVAILABLE TO THE BODY, OTHERS APE
THE BEST WAY TO GET THE
VACCINES DELIVERED
AND ADMINISTERED.
IF I MAY... >
WHAT OR, MEHMOOD GOTAYWALA IS
SAYING |S THAT WE HAVE EXPLORED ALL
OUR VACCINE INITIALLY. LET ME SIMPLIFY HOW
THESE APPROACHES WORK. THIS WILL TAKE
A FEW MINUTES, BLIT I PROMISE TO KEEP

GENERAL PUBLIC. WORKING TO FIGURE OUT
4 2 7 :
POSSIBLE APPROACHES WHEN DEVELOPING
THIS ALL FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL.

THE FIRST APPROACH, WHICH IS

R. DAICHI NAKAZAWA gages KNOWN, IS SIMPLY TAKING A VERSION

OF THE VIRUS THAT CAN DO NO HARM, SLICH AS

ATLANTA INACTIVATED OR WEAKENED STRAINS, AND INTROOUICING IT

TO THE HUMAN BODY IN SLICH A WAY THAT IT CREATES AN

7 T\_ IMMUNE RESPONSE. THIS IMMUNE RESPONSE THEN
ACTS AGAINST THE REAL PATHOGEN IF IT

COMES IN CONTACT WITH IT.

Wa

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ANOTHER APPROACH
THAT SOME OF OLR COLLEAGLIES.

HAVE PURSUED INVOLVES NOT
INTRODUCING A WHOLE VIRUS INTO THE
BODY, BUT RATHER DELIVERING GENETIC
INSTRUCTIONS WHICH SIGNAL THE BODY

TO CREATE A PROTEIN THAT, IN TLIRN,
THEN STIMULATES AN IMMUNE
RESPONSE AND PRODUCES

ANTIBODIES.

AS THE WORD

IMPLIES, THE ANTIBODIES
ARE THEN AGLE TO FIGHT
THE VIQUS IF IT ENTERS THE
BODY. WE CALL THESE ONA

VACCINES. ONA IS WHAT
CARRIES THE GENETIC
INSTRUCTIONS, AS
YOU MAY BE AWARE.

THERE IS ALSO YET ANOTHER
APPROACH THAT SKIPS THE ONA
ALTOGETHER ANDO INSTEAD LISES MESSENGER \\
RNA OR MRNA. MOST VACCINES CREATE AN IMMUNE
RESPONSE, BY INSERTING A WEAKENED STRAIN OF A
VIRUS INTO OUR BODIES. MRNA VACCINES, HOWEVER,
CREATE A PROTEIN IN OUR CELLS INSTEAD, WHICH IN
TURN RESULTS IN AN IMMUNE RESPONSE, AS OLR
BODY IDENTIFIES THAT THIS PROTEIN DOES NOT
\ BELONG IN OUR SYSTEM AND BUILOS ANTIBODIES
FOR PROTECTION. THE IMMLINE RESPONSE THAT 4
IS GENERATED THEN PROTECTS FROM
FURTHER INFECTION AGAINST

THE VIRUS.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE ES

CLEAREST EXPLANATION I HAVE
EVER HEARD! T HAVE SO MUCH
RESPECT FOR WHAT YOU ARE

THANK YOU, AVA.

WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN CREATING A
VACCINE IN RECORD TIME, WHICH INOERWENT
EXTENSIVE SAFETY EVALLIATIONS AS PART OF

CLINICAL TRIALS BEFORE BEING WIDELY DISTRIBUTED.
THERE ARE, OF COURSE, MANY OTHER APPROACHES
WHICH I OID NOT GET INTO. WE ANTICIPATE OVER

100 DIFFERENT PROJECTS AROUND THE
WORLD THAT ARE PURSUING
THIS STUDY.

PRIVATE ANO PUBLIC SECTOR

HAVE ALL THROWN EVERYTHING AND THE
KITCHEN SINK AT THE PROBLEM. I AM SURE

THAT YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT SOME
HOUSEHOLD NAMES, INCLUDING SOME TECH

MOGULS, HAVE PLEOGED A BILLION DOL-
LARS IN SUPPORT. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS.
THAT WE ARE NOW ON TRACK TO HAVING AN

EFFECTIVE VACCINE THAT WILL HOPEFULLY

START TO BE ROLLED OUT TO THE
PUBLIC SOON.





BIBLIOGRAPHY

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J, WOLFE, “CORONAVIRUS BRIEFING: WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY,” 2020
HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/20
20/11/16/US/CORONAVIRUS-TODAY.HTML

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COMPUTING REVOLUTION?” 2020
HTTPS://HBR.ORG/2020/09/ARE-YOU-READY-FOR-T
HE-QUANTUM-COMPUTING-REVOLUTION



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AVA CONTINUES THE ORIVE BACK TO ANN ARBOR, ANO GETS IN

TOUCH WITH DARREN LANCASTER WHEN SHE RETURNS HOME.

OH... HIM. TM.

Take the exit on SURE HE HAO A

? LOT OF THINGS
toF70\West Towards TO SAY! WHAT
1s une Pittsburgh . , 00 YOU WANT?!

HE JUST SAID YOU
BOTH AGREE TO DISAGREE ON
A NUMBER OF TOPICS AND THAT
YOU WERE AN EXPERT ON
ANTI-VAX PERSPECTIVES. I WAS.
SIMPLY HOPING I COULD ASK
YOU A FEW QUESTIONS:

FAIR ENOUGH,
WHAT KINO OF
QUESTIONS?

ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING!
I’M AVA WILLIAMS,

OR. HARIS ADAMOS
REFERRED ME TO
you,

I WOULO LIKE
TO INTERVIEW YOU. THINK
OF THIS AS AN
EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY
TO SHARE YOUR VIEWS
WITH A WIDE ALIDIENCE!

GOOD MORNING.
IS THIS MR. DARREN
LANCASTER?

I’M GOOD WITH MONDAY. THIS IS

A SURPRISE, BUT A WELCOME

ONE. WE NEEO OIVERSITY OF
THOUGHT.

I AM PART OF THE TEAM
BEHIND A NEW DOCLIMENTARY ON
THE DIFFERENT VIEWS AROUND THE
COVID-19 VACCINE AND WANTEO TO
GET A BALANCED PERSPECTIVE FROM
ALL SIDES NOW THAT WE DO HAVE
SEVERAL WORKING VACCINES.

WELL, IF YOU HAVE
SPENT ANY TIME RESEARCHING
MY POINT OF VIEW, YOU KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT WOULO HAPPEN
IN OUR COMMUNITY IF THERE IS
TALK ABOUT A VACCINE!

THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I WILL
SEND YOU THE LOGISTICS OVER
A TEXT. ARE YOU OK TO COME

TO THE STUDIO?

>

IT’S EASIER TO SOCIAL
DISTANCE IF WE OO A VIDEO
CONFERENCE. THE VIRUS IS VERY

REAL. IT’S THE EFFECTIVENESS OF

THESE VACCINES WHICH HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED THAT I HAVE

DOUBTS ABOLT.



| DAY TURNS INTO NIGHT.

THAT'S ODO,

NONE OF THEM EXIST IN
PLACES YOU WOULD EXPECT
OUTSIDE OF THE PLATFORMS.

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SO, THE DATA SHOWS
THAT A NUMBER OF BACKERS ARE
SIGNING THE PETITION SIMULTANEOUSLY
AT CERTAIN TIME INTERVALS OF 3:30PM,
5:30PM, ANO 8:30 PM EASTERN
TIMEP THAT’S A TELL...

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MAKES SENSE IS THAT THIS.
THIS IS A BOT FARM.

REMEMBERING COLLEEN, HER FRIEND FROM

SONDOPA HERE...

A LAWYER THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY MET, WHO MAY BE ABLE TO HEL!

COLLEEN, CAN
YOU PING ME THE NAME OF THAT
LAWYER LADY WE MET FROM DC? THE
ONE WHO KNOWS A LOT ASOUT
CYBER LAWS ANDO DISINFORMATION.
THANKS!

WOW, SHE SEEMS LIKE
THE RIGHT PERSON.
SHE PRACTICES CYBER

eal HERE'S HER
NUMBER... MAYBE
SHE CAN HELP!

HI. THIS IS AVA WILLIAMS
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ANN
ARBOR’S JOURNALISM
DEPARTMENT. WE PREVIOUSLY

AO SCHOOL, AVA CALLS HER FOR THE CONTACT DETAILS OF