Weird silent pandemic

I've got some sneaking suspicions as to what this might have meant, but I thought it would be good to get some perspective on it.

I was with a group of friends at a museum in London ambling about and looking at the artwork, when I noticed folks were acting strange. There were loads of people ambling around silently, almost like zombies, but they didn't pose any real threat. And they were growing this kind of gnarly abscesses on their faces. So I asked a museum curator what was going on and he brought out a television and switched to the news. The anchorman was talking about a pandemic that was sweeping London and stemmed from infected water. So pretty soon the whole place was quarantined, only the infected people were being kept outside, and healthy people were being herded inside, which just resulted in a huge mess and essentially everyone became infected except for me. So I panicked and ran for a hotel, which was completely deserted, and I locked myself in a room. After a few hours there was a knock on the door, and I opened it partially, and a little black boy was standing there. He asked me to come out and play with him, and the fact that he could speak made me think he was healthy, but I noticed the abscesses on his face. I told him I couldn't play because if I did I would becoming infected like him, and he told me he was healthy, despite the fact that he clearly wasn't. Pretty soon his mother came by silently and looked me dead in the eyes before picking him up and carrying him away, but as he left he said "it's true, I am infected, but at least I can still speak. At least I still have that, don't you get it?"

And then the dream was over.

Well I always interpret dream symbols in the widest sense. The bit that stands out to me is when you say everyone is infected but me. Being infected can be seen in a wider sense
"I am not going to be infected by these people and their trivial stupid ways"
Think about the sense that I have used the quote above. How did real ife use the word infect in a similar way. Think about the day before(dream are often triggered by events the day before)

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If people truly knew the meaning of their dreams they would be quite surprised. Many have helped perpetuate the myth that dreams are really deep and meaningful. True some are but the majority of dreams are simply part of our brain functions. They help us clarify everyday issues. These are very important at the time but
are far from being crucial in the overall scheme of things. Freud and others talk of the deeper dreams. But that is only because of their interest in psychology. They also speak of lots of other dreams that are insignificant and just linked to the previous day. But these dreams are interesting in themselves. They too show how the brain works. So simple dreams with meanings like "I need to spend more time on my studies" are important. If we can understand the simple dreams we can apply knowledge gained to solve the more trickier dreams.
These pages are especially helpful in showing you how to interpret dreams
http://www.unclesirbobby.org.uk/dreamessayhowtopost.php Interpreting dreams
http://www.unclesirbobby.org.uk/dreamessayhowto.php Triggers for dreams
http://www.unclesirbobby.org.uk/dreamessay.php Dream dictionary
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http://www.scarboroughphotos.org.uk/...s/surfcity.php

Infection seems to imply something you think is wrong with your world. You're defending your self against is. Not sure exactly what this "infection" would be but it sounds rather disgusting and even shameful.

The boy was different. Did he represent hope? Perhaps the "infection" (the shame or whatever) isn't going to kill you after all and you can be less guarded in life?

These are just ideas. Play around with them and see what works for you. All meanings are ultimately personal to the dreamer.

I think that's basically gets to the root of it. I think the boy was a reminder not to get obsessed with the idea that a capitalist society is basically evil or corrupt, even if I do esentailly believe that. I need to remember to live life and enjoy myself despite that, maybe. I'm not sure...

Thanks for the input guys. :)