David is a researcher in a lab. He is generally told only what is needed to focus on his tasks. He eventually realizes he is working to make a virus more infectious. One day he meets a girl in a bar who happens to work for the same company but in a different lab location. She is studying what makes a virus more deadly to targeted populations. They soon realize they are working on developing a bioweapon.

David has a family and is very dependent on this job. He is afraid of what is going to happen but also afraid of what will happen to him if he speaks out in China where he lives.

He comes up with an idea to poke a hole in the safety equipment of his boss. After he catches it and spreads it, it will blow the lid off what they are doing, minimize the damage, and not bring a big risk to himself. So he thought… He did not realize what would happen next.