Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Episode 1 of The Last of Us and some mild spoilers for The Last of Us Part 1 video game.As one might imagine in the face of a world-encompassing fungal pandemic, the world of The Last of Us is one of shifting balances of power.
Whether you’re watching HBO’s adaptation or are exploring the game series by Naughty Dog, the struggle between the Federal Disaster Response Agency (Fedra) and the Fireflies is present throughout much of the story.
When the advent of the Cordyceps Brain Infection (Cbi) devastated the world in 2013 (2003 in the HBO adaptation), the longstanding bureaucracy of the United States government ceded its remaining authority to Fedra, which had already become an amalgamation of government officials, the branches of the US Military, and the Center for Disease Control.
The organization’s efforts to contain the spread of Cordyceps in the human population were fast and harsh,
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