Biology 101

I am currently reading a graphic novel by Charles Burns. The book is called "Black Hole". This book is essentially about a sexually transmitted disease, the teenagers in the book refer to it as "the bug". The bug is spreading like wild fire among all the teenagers in Washington during the mid 70's. The strange thing about this disease is it manifests in many different ways. Regardless, if you have it you will eventually start to notice a grotesque deformity. These deformities include, a tail, boils on your face (or other parts of your body), a small mouth on your chest, etc. In most cases the teenager with the disease either dies, or becomes so disfigured that you can barely recognize them. In the first scene of the book two of the main characters(Keith and Chris) are in their Biology class. Keith has an obsession with Chris and is very excited at the fact that him and Chris are lab partners. What Keith doesn't know is Chris will soon become a carrier of the disease. Keith passes out while him and Chris are dissecting a frog. Before he passes out he says "I froze. I can't explain what happened. It was like a deja vu trip or something....a premonition. I felt like I was looking into the future...and the future was messed up. I was looking at a hole...a black hole and as I looked, the hole opened up"