> To be fair though I remember hearing people talk about the risk of airborne virus pandemics since the 90s. Airborne pandemics were an established trope in cy

> To be fair though I remember hearing people talk about the risk of airborne virus pandemics since the 90s. Airborne pandemics were an established trope in cyberpunk by this time. Masamune Shirow's sardonic Dominion series from the late 80s comes to mind.