Jessica never believed a word the government said about anything. To her credit, when the world started to go mad, she was ahead of the curve. She would probably be considered the preppers prepper. She was well versed in the end of the world arts. When America began to fall apart as a result of a new deadly flu virus, her family and friends gave her some credit, but not her full due.
Two years and some change ago, a flu-like virus began to topple the world. In her mind, it was an engineered hoax to transform a nation into something else. Again, to her credit, sweeping changes took place across America. It was all so very gradual, and always in the name of safety. As she sat now in her rural home in Texas, America was a new land. Cashless payment systems, social monitoring, everyone was on welfare, political and cultural violence was the new normal. America had changed, there was no debate in this.
Jessica grew up in a typical Texas family. They were mostly conservative but a good portion was also liberal. Jessica however, was staunchly anti-government. This meant neither party was better in her eyes. She hated every family gathering. Understanding that the "voters" as she called them, we're just bound to highbrow her about supporting either side by not taking part in the utter nonsense...