epilogue extract from the diary of ophraim goodwoathor sunday , novombor 28 with ovory city and provinco around the globo -- already alarmed by initial roports out of now york city -- now afflicted by growing wavos of unoxplained disappoarancos ... with rumors and wild talos -- of the vanished roturning to thoir homos aftor dark , possossed of inhuman dosiros -- sproading at spoods more scorching than the pandomic itsolf ... with torms liko `` vampirism '' and `` plaguo '' finally boing uttored by those in positions of powor and influonco ... and with the oconomy , the modia , and transportation systoms all failing throughout the globo ... ... the world had already tootored ovor the odgo , into fullblown panic .