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[lighthearted]

So, I guess we shouldn't act like this is not going on. Some of us are sick, and by the sound of it, things are going to get worse.

I'm guessing that some people are already looking for a cure? If you're interested in trying to find a way to stop this thing in its tracks, you should respond here! Because if those people all put their heads together, we might be able to beat this thing.

I don't know that much about this sort of stuff, but I thought it would be good to get people talking so we can work this out as a team. After all, if this goes where we think it's going, it'll be a bad situation for everyone, right?

Thanks!

- Sora

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[complicatedliar]

I am considering the matter.

- Lingormr

[lighthearted]

[a few false starts]

Considering how?

[complicatedliar]

[Oh, he can feel the paranoia just rolling off the page.]

I ought to be done catching up with the current state of the science in a day or two. After that it's a matter of observation, research, and considering the chemistry of the situation.

[lighthearted]

I hope we have that much time.

[complicatedliar]

Unfortunately, it will take as much time as is necessary. I've a few avenues I'm... exploring, but they may well be dead ends and I am but one man.

Better to not have false hope.

wow, people actually wanting to work together? What is this miracle?!

[rocksthecourt]

I would be interested. I can't say I know anything about medication, but if there is anything that can be done, we have to at least try.

- Klavier

The power of friendship!

[lighthearted]

I agree. There have to be other ways to help out, right?

[rocksthecourt]

Especially if we do all take the effort to think about it together. And when it comes to "medication" at least we're in a place with plenty of supplies for experimenting with such things. If nothing else, that's a good start.

[lighthearted]

That's true! Though I guess experimenting could get you in trouble, too. Still, it's worth a shot, isn't it?

[complicatedliar]

Experimenting only truly gets one in trouble when done stupidly.

[survives]

I want to help too.

[lighthearted]

Great! Any ideas, or...?

[survives]

I'm not sure. Someone was suggesting we kee that everyone who's sick keep to themselves for now, weren't they? But I don't know how much that would help.

[lighthearted]

I guess it's worth a shot if things get to that point. It just seems like if people turn into monsters, they might even be able to break down a locked door.

[dividedby]

I don't know much about [pen taps] illnesses, but I would like to offer assistance too.

And I'm not so sure a quarantine is the best course of action, either.

[lighthearted]

What would you suggest, then?

[dividedby]

To be honest, I don't know. If there is some kind of medicine that can be found somewhere for the ill, by all means. I would be willing to help retrieve some.

I'm just concerned that a quarantine would do more harm than good for the same reasons mentioned by others here. Isolating the ill would cut them off from any support and leave them as easy targets for those who feel threatened by them. And if they do transform, who's to say locking them in a room would stop them from getting out and harming someone?

[lighthearted]

I understand those worries, yeah, but is letting them run off and do what they want any better?

But yeah, it looks like we can try and find some medicine, at least.

[thecamellia]

If you don't mind another opinion, no one has to feel threatened. There's plenty of ways to protect everyone.

Even if it comes down to separating some people, I, at least, would be willing to keep an eye on things and I'm sure other people feel the same! The same goes if someone loses control of themselves. I won't let anything happen.

- Tsubaki

[toxicspiderman]

Broad-spectrum antibiotics. We can't get them in town without a prescription or a fight, but the Institute should have them. Won't do anything if it's a virus, but it can't hurt.

[lighthearted]

I'm guessing those can be found in the med wing?

[toxicspiderman]

Yeah. Look for names like penicillin, amoxicillin, tetracycline azithromycin. Actually, anything ending in -cillin or -mycin. They should have instructions on them.

They'll make the nausea worse, but otherwise they're pretty safe.

[lighthearted]

Got it! I'll try to grab a lot and distribute them.

[signed; posted late afternoon]

[ham_fisted]

You're right, pal! If we don't plan this out together, we'll have bigger problems on our hands.

What that person said, about "sitting targets"... Maybe a few of us could volunteer to stand guard? [pen taps] But we might not have to. We could isolate the infected people somewhere and lock it up tight so no one can get in. Then the rest of us could hole up in an upstairs room, like the Chapel.

Whatever we do, it's important that we keep the infected people informed. They have to know it's safe to work with us.

[lighthearted]

Standing guard sounds pretty dangerous, but I guess if someone wanted to volunteer for that it wouldn't necessarily be bad. I like the idea of holing up in the chapel, though.

I think with conversations like this, the people who are infected have to have some idea.