A far too formal presentation to say "We have a cure"

[triggerhappytraitor]

As many of you may be aware, Lyall and I have been working on analyzing the Stricken disease to find a cure and possible way of vaccination against it. Thanks to the cooperation of many and much time and effort, we have managed to isolate it and can officially report on our findings.

The Stricken disease is a form of bacterial infection, likely transmitted through biologic contamination -- that is to say through the shedding of dead cells, saliva and other bodily fluids. Samples have responded to treatments of two types of antibiotics, penicillin and doxycycline, and should be able to be overcome in the body with administration of a proper course of those drugs.

Work on a vaccine to prevent the infection from being able to gain hold in the body has begun, as has production of a large quantities of the antibiotics in both pill and liquid form.

Anyone who has shown any sign of infection or believes they have been exposed to it should report to Liminal Space where a clinic has been set up to administer the antibiotics. Anyone who has concern over possible allergic reaction or a DNA structure that may be incompatible to standard human medications should plan on spending a bit more time to have a blood sample drawn and tested to insure there will be no harmful reactions.

Thank you.

[[Clinic and "traveling sawbones" log]]

Comments

[awitchdidit]

I see. That's...antibodies for viruses and essentially 'training' the white blood cells for bacteria, then?

[She's read a biology textbook. Although she paid more attention to the anatomy sections.]

I admit, this kind of piques my curiosity. There's at least one magical disease already running around the Traveler population, and if there's any others out there, they might not have the same benign symptoms as X-PRESSURE.

[triggerhappytraitor]

Not quite. There are different types that will either introduce a inactive or a live version of the bacteria or virus, or a live version that's been weakened, or ones that will give an antigen, but the decision of which version to develop often comes from the type and severity of the disease being targeted, rather than if it comes from a virus or bacteria.

[[there's a bit of a pause at that 2nd part. Now she has *him* curious... ]]

X-pressure?

[awitchdidit]

It's a virus of worldwide importance in the universe that contains Heartbeat Academy. It has effects that I don't think can be described as anything but magic, but is well-researched as a contagious pathogen...or perhaps symbiote is a better word.

Its symptoms vary, but are mostly harmless outside of some social embarrassment. What it also does is grant people the ability to express themselves emotionally though magic effects - skills collectively called S. Tech, or Social Techniques.

[triggerhappytraitor]

Something visible? Or more like a form of telepathy?

[awitchdidit]

Visual or auditory, usually. If I feel like it, I can have background music, put a spotlight on myself, sparkle like a poorly-thought-out vampire, that sort of thing.

[triggerhappytraitor]

[[Now that was fascinating...]]

And you're in full control of it?

[awitchdidit]

It's emotionally-based, so only to the extent we control our emotions. Also...there's a primary symptom of the disease unrelated to S. Tech. It's separated into different Syndromes, but they all seem to revolve around changing our bodily form in some manner or another. Adding animal features, creating the appearance of greater or lesser age, that sort of thing.