The Stand is starting to happen. If you haven't read that book, pick it up immediately. The illness that takes out most of the population kills very quickly, two days, and mutates within the body (i.e. you start to feel better, then get worse and die).

The most important take-away message is how the survivors cope with a huge depopulation. Ignore the good v. evil part.

I'll never forget the narrative where they go through the Lincoln Tunnel filled with dead bodies.


I've only seen the movie. But it is probably my favorite made for TV "B" budget movie of all time.

Captain Tripps.