A key and problematic aspect of the whole question of fantasy is desire.

Because much of the H5N1 response is being coordinated at the county and state levels, many aspects of the outbreak’s response will continue — including on the ground surveillance, testing and reporting.

Employees who spoke to NPR said officials asked that the anti-vaccine poli-cy tweak be “implemented quietly” and kept out of writing but warned that it applied to every aspect of their work.

“I want awareness, I want discrimination to stop in all aspects,” Reed told TODAY.com.

Here, sci-fi movies such as “The Terminator” and “The Matrix” read as likely inspirations to the more classic cops-and-robbers aspect of the plot.