 VITAS, What do we know |
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 Feb 7 2004, 10:20 PM
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Running Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,047 Joined: 12-November 03 From: Perilously close to the Sioux Nation. Member No.: 5,818  |
You can take this in another direction if you like, what are the vectors for the assorted VITAS strains?
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Feb 7 2004, 11:22 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,047 Joined: 12-November 03 From: Perilously close to the Sioux Nation. Member No.: 5,818 |
Bodily Fluids.
Man, step one on anything shadowrun- Check Ancient Histories site. |
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Feb 9 2004, 05:30 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 6,050 |
I have always heard VITAS described as Super Ebola AIDS. I never did come across a canon description of symptoms or vectors. It killed one third of the world population fairly quickly and that seems a little broad for something with only one vector for spreading. I am thinking now that maybe it's a Super Flu (Captain Trips anyone?) spreading along multiple vector, or perhaps animal borne like malaria or Boubonic Plague. (however you spell that)
A Noob PS: Boubonic Plague derives it's name from a purple discoloration of the skin. These were known as Boubos (props to anyone who can tell me where that comes from) or "plague roses". The childrens nursury ryhme "Ring Around the Rosie" goes back to London during the height of the infection. |
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Feb 9 2004, 06:07 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Bubo: An enlarged lymph node ("swollen gland") that is tender and painful, particularly in the groin and armpit (the axilla). A feature of a number of infectious diseases including gonorrhea, syphilis, tuberculosis, and the plague. Hence, the bubonic plague. The odd word "bubo" comes from the Greek "boubon" meaning groin or swollen groin. :)
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Feb 9 2004, 06:34 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 2-February 04 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 6,050 |
Very nice.
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