# So... How does it feel, living in a Stephen King novel?

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**Created:** [March 17, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-it-feel-living-in-a-stephen-king-novel/849687 "2020-03-17T22:41:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-it-feel-living-in-a-stephen-king-novel/849687/4 "2020-03-17T23:00:51Z")

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The issue I have is that in The Stand, the Captain Trips virus actually killed 99% of people and everyone who got it; the survivors simply had an immunity to it. I understand the extreme measure for that.

For this we are wrecking the economy and people’s lives for a disease that the vast majority of people survive without the need for any medical attention at all.

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