end of days RP:universe notes

[moonwalk 2000]

any one planing on play my rp is required to read these notes so they under stand what's going on. okay so lets start with The Red Plague:

 

A contributing factor to the collapse of civilization was the Red Plague. A form of viral hemorrhagic fever related to Machupo (arenaviridae) mutated with an affinity for human lung tissue. Combining the worst of smallpox and Ebola, the Red Plague was so called due to the profuse bleeding sores and petechiae, giving the victim a horrifying appearance. Route of transmission is via contimatinated body fluids,in particular infected aerosol produced by coughing ior sneezing. Transmission rate is over 90%, with equal lethality to those exposed. Survivors exhibit an immunity to the Red Plague, and some 1-2% of the population is naturally immune. There is no vaccine or known treatment.

 

Symptoms are varied and often appear within 2-5 days. Initial symptoms include high fever (at least 38.8°C; 101.8°F), severe headache, muscle, joint, or abdominal pain, severe weakness and exhaustion, sore throat, nausea, and dizziness[11]. Before an outbreak is suspected, these early symptoms are easily mistaken for malaria, typhoid fever, dysentery, influenza, or various bacterial infections, which are all far more common and reliably less fatal.

 

The red plague will typically progress to cause more serious symptoms, such as diarrhoea, dark or bloody feces, vomiting blood, red eyes due to distention and hemorrhage of sclerotic arterioles, petechia, maculopapular rash, and purpura. Other secondary symptoms include hypotension, hypovolemia, tachycardia, organ damage as a result of disseminated systemic necrosis, and proteinuria. The interior bleeding is caused by a chemical reaction between the virus and the platelets which creates a chemical that will cut cell sized holes into the capillary walls. After 5-7 days the person will die of "a million cuts." Often, internal and external hemorrhage from orifices, such as the nose and mouth may also occur, as well as from incompletely healed injuries such as needle-puncture sites. The red plague can affect the levels of white blood cells and platelets, disrupting clotting.

 

The majority of infected will show sighs of listlessness and torpor towards the end of the disease due to damage to the brain, sometimes referred to as 'zombie-ism'. A small percentage of the infected will elicit signs or increased irritibility and even rage.

 

Approximately 10% of the infected will recover given adequate supportive care. Treatment is primarily supportive and includes minimizing invasive procedures, balancing electrolytes since patients are frequently dehydrated, replacing lost coagulation factors to help stop bleeding, maintaining oxygen and blood levels, and treating any complicating infections.

 

The Nuclear problem:

 

Towards the finals days, when the plague was spreading uncontrollably, the government attempted to stop the disease through the use of nuclear weapons. Several nuclear weapons were used on US cities, redering those locations lifeless and posing potential radiation hazards.

 

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The time line:

The US economy continues to decline.

 

War rages in the Middle East

 

Antibiotic resistant diseases continue to appear, and new diseased are brought in across porous national borders

 

The governments continue to crack down amongst increasing unrest

 

Food prices soar as inflation reaches epic proportions.

 

Allegations of voting fraud in the US increase.

 

By 2010, the results of election in the US are reported by often disbelieved

 

An isolated president attempts to address a 20% unemployment rate with a massive influx of government spending.

 

by 2011, major bank failures are a daily occurance. Unemployment reaches 40%. Food riots occur in several large US cities.

 

Marshal law is declared

 

In early 2012, the first terrorist nuclear device is detonated in Tel Aviv.

 

Israel responds by dropping nuclear weapons on Mecca and Medina.

 

The entire middle east explodes into war.

 

Oil prices reach $20 per gallon

 

Food prices triple as fertilizer and pesticide prices skyrocket

 

Famine becomes an issue in the United States. Mass famines in the third world are starving billions.

 

India and China have several border clashes.

 

In Africa, a new, highly contagious form of viral hemorrhagic fever appears. It begins spreading rapidly across Africa and Asia.

 

The November presidential elections are to even too call, and there is widespread evidence of vote count fraud.

 

Several states threaten succession, and the country is split in support of two presidents.

 

The Red Plague gains ground in South America and the first 'official' cases appear in the US in december.

 

Pharmaceutical companies are nationalized and the CDC begin to work feverishly to develop a cure or vaccine for the black death of the 21st century. The red Plague spreads so quickly, that nucear weapons are used on infection sites in the hope of stopping the disease.

 

Volunteers are required. Some are prisoners or those held on various charges of sedition and other crimes new to the current Regime.

 

Others are enticed by offers of gold 'new dollars' and other rewards. The money offered to these human guineas pigs is enough to start over, to have a home and buy the increasingly scarce and expensive food.

 

Welcome guinea pigs....