Sounds like a perfect beginning to a real "I am Legend" scenario. Imagine someone releasing a virus that could cross the blood-brain barrier (modified Rabies?) that just infects the cells and causes some minor symptoms that appear to be a standard cold. But anyone who takes this drug will have those brain cells self-destruct right?
I found the author's contention that the cells were about to be killed by the virus anyways fairly convincing, but this is why we have tests in animals first.
If you could infect a target with a designer virus, why not just make it kill them directly? Unless you're the villain in a James Bond movie, of course ;)
Very true. I guess one would have to have some grudge against the company(s) that made this drug in the future and want to prove that it's dangerous with a zombie apocalypse.