CNS - Freeport 10 News Archive

[Howard10]

25.10.18 - Have you been suffering from a light fever? Dizzying headaches? Racking coughs? In all likelihood, you've contracted a case of Cretian Flu - a disease which has swept across the entire Tau 37 system. The virus is native to the Corsair planet of Crete, where it is believed it claims around 35,000 lives annually. This is largely due to local conditions, poverty and a lack of widely available medicine, as opposed to the potency of the strain.

Station Hall was quick to react to the endemic, with the advice that any resident who was exhibiting signs of the illness should seek medical assistance at the infirmary, then confine themselves to their quarters. A representative was quick to issue the statement that, "the Flu is completely harmless, so long as treatment is sought immediately." Already a 'buddy system' has been implemented, where an ill resident can elect a friend to fetch food from the cafeteria for them while they are confined.

The infirmary is also well stocked, with enough generic wide-spectrum antiviral drugs to keep every one of the currently affected victims dosed for a week. It is believed that before this period is up, a large shipment of pharmaceuticals largely consistent of Cryer's "CF932-VS2" anti-Cretian Flu shots will be delivered by Omicron Supply Industries. This supply should be enough to completely eradicate the disease from the station.

The virus, quickly dubbed the "Coughsair Cold", is believed to have arrived on Freeport 10 aboard one of the freighters that was shipping humanitarian goods to Freeport 9 in Omicron Theta. It was further spread by members of the Independent Miner's Guild docking for supplies, returning it to their own installations in the process. Strangely enough, pilots of the Outcasts that have been exposed to the flu seem to be completely unaffected.