The Seventh Disease

First, one died, followed by another, and soon thousands, as the unnamed pandemic spread worldwide in an astonishingly short time. It was COVID-19 on steroids. But unlike COVID's airborne transmission, the frightening new disease could also be spread by a simple handshake, casual sex, or even a sip of water.

And it was terrifying.

At the heart of the deadly contagion is Dr. Sean Arrington, a Long Island physician who is an unwitting dupe in the illness's distribution. Contrary to other pandem...