After the Great Reset, Peter Swan has been redeployed from his medical residency to help fight the COVID-24 virus in a vaccine development lab. A lonely Peter resents his days in the dingy Genetech lab and austere apartment, while the COVID-24 denialists live freely in the periphery of the collapsing metropolis of Toronto, spreading the virus like vermin.

Ahmed, Peter's roommate, continues to have stimulant-inspired cryptocurrency schemes that will raise them out of destitution. But following the money leads Ahmed to Genetech secrets that make things even harder for Peter.