[Voice] Public Health Service Announcements? Again, Daedalus?
[Cooled, clinical, and concerned, but with a plain-spoken clarity that comes from one used to addressing things professionally.]
As some of you may have seen in the news, the feral and stray domesticated cat population is booming in the northeastern sectors, and several have been reported showing signs of unusual pain and distress during the night hours.
I am informing the newcomer network that among the medical veterinary community, this group is now considered at high risk, and that their contact with civilian populations is to be minimized within health facilities. I've just seen a department memo from our animal care unit stating that cats showing these signs are to be quarantined immediately, put down, or scheduled directly for pickup to SERO's disease control center.
The veterinary facilities at Caregood are investigating these cases, as is our veterinary clinic at Skye, and several research groups within SERO who have asked our cooperation in sharing any important information pertaining to this epidemic.
Shapeshifters... [And there's a faint pause here- one with any imagination might imagine him stopping to squint in double-take at this memo, reading off a little slower, a bit bewildered. Siren's Port still manages to astonish him, now and then.] ...are to be advised to avoid feline forms until further information has been released?
So far, from speculations, either the Darkness Decay Effect is beginning to effect living things which have had prolonged exposure, or the darkness has evolved a micro-parasite capable of remaining dormant in the bloodstream of infected animals during the day, and reanimating at night, even within 'proofed' areas.
[A softer frown, and he adds warily:] There's also the possibility that this is a designer disease, a lab-cultivated bacteria, similar to the 12 hour viral "Zombie" outbreak of last October.
While several of you, I've noticed, have taken an attitude of compassionate outreach towards these animals, harboring them while they are exhibiting these symptoms may not be beneficial to your health, or to theirs. If you have taken in a cat that appears to be sick, but only after-hours, please do not panic, but do get it checked out, and allow for overnight examination so that the city's vets and epidemiologists can figure this one out.
(Re-l. This also includes that stray of yours. I know you let that thing roam about, when you're not home.)
Your cooperation is appreciated in advance, thank you.
As some of you may have seen in the news, the feral and stray domesticated cat population is booming in the northeastern sectors, and several have been reported showing signs of unusual pain and distress during the night hours.
I am informing the newcomer network that among the medical veterinary community, this group is now considered at high risk, and that their contact with civilian populations is to be minimized within health facilities. I've just seen a department memo from our animal care unit stating that cats showing these signs are to be quarantined immediately, put down, or scheduled directly for pickup to SERO's disease control center.
The veterinary facilities at Caregood are investigating these cases, as is our veterinary clinic at Skye, and several research groups within SERO who have asked our cooperation in sharing any important information pertaining to this epidemic.
Shapeshifters... [And there's a faint pause here- one with any imagination might imagine him stopping to squint in double-take at this memo, reading off a little slower, a bit bewildered. Siren's Port still manages to astonish him, now and then.] ...are to be advised to avoid feline forms until further information has been released?
So far, from speculations, either the Darkness Decay Effect is beginning to effect living things which have had prolonged exposure, or the darkness has evolved a micro-parasite capable of remaining dormant in the bloodstream of infected animals during the day, and reanimating at night, even within 'proofed' areas.
[A softer frown, and he adds warily:] There's also the possibility that this is a designer disease, a lab-cultivated bacteria, similar to the 12 hour viral "Zombie" outbreak of last October.
While several of you, I've noticed, have taken an attitude of compassionate outreach towards these animals, harboring them while they are exhibiting these symptoms may not be beneficial to your health, or to theirs. If you have taken in a cat that appears to be sick, but only after-hours, please do not panic, but do get it checked out, and allow for overnight examination so that the city's vets and epidemiologists can figure this one out.
(Re-l. This also includes that stray of yours. I know you let that thing roam about, when you're not home.)
Your cooperation is appreciated in advance, thank you.