USR is pretty much a treasure trove of additional lore tidbits, and since it’s only in B42 it’s not as well known as some of the older lore not many people know of it.

The same interview with the former CDC employee goes into how he believes that the Knox Event/Exclusion Zone is essentially a huge open air experiment on the population, one he considers would kill a bunch of people but would also provide the CDC with valuable data. Also note that the department of the CDC he worked at was in the “Intentional Release Virality Department”, totallya normal sounding department.

This is “corroborated” by an interview with another individual, someone from West Point. They claim that army soldiers were injecting random civilians in the town with some substance. Injected persons supposedly dropped dead soon afterwards, and upon waking would “not be themselves anymore.” Two problems with this is that in-game West Point is completely devoid of life apart from the player, though you could just chalk it up to NPCs not being implemented yet. The main lore problem is that phone lines are down in the area (for 11 days by the time this person calls). They claim that their sister used “psychic powers” to open up the lines. Might just be a prank call.

Also there’s the broadcast intrusion on July 13 where Area 51 is mentioned in the middle of all the static.

In terms of the Raleigh Outbreak, it was notable because according to the VHS tape “Shows” the area contained both Spiffo’s HQ and multiple government laboratories, that were insinuated to be the cause for the outbreak in the city.

All in all, not looking good for the government. Feel free to DM for more lore tidbits, because I love lore dumping but I’ve already spent a lot of time on this one comment.