It's a completely novel virus. Nobody has ever had it before, so when you come in contact with it, you get sick.

She disavowed that completely,

How is it that you keep mutating and can still be the same virus?

Nature had been fucked with. And Mother was pissed.”... Mother Nature was funny that way. Complex. Unpredictable.
And unforgiving as hell if you fucked around with her.

Nobody yet has had any contact with the kidnappers.

Many countries use vaccines and think the virus is completely exterminated ... but this problem is still in southeast Asia. It's even in migratory birds and they are dying. Why? Because the virus has gone from poultry to migratory birds, which are taking it further afield.