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RE: Ghosts and Old Memories (A Pandemic Story) - Part 3/Finale
I've taken some dramatic license (as authors tend to do), but this is grounded in fact. There is a flu virus circulating in Asia that has a 40% mortality rate right now. The fictional mortality rate that I'm working with is somewhere closer to 99.9%, and that is truly unlikely...but it makes for a better story! Thanks for stopping by and giving it a read!
Unlikely? I live in South Africa, with Nadagascar right next door.
Reports of the plague from there are: extremely high mortality rate and no cure exists for it yet.
Many people say they are afraid to go to hospital as they may catch the plague.
Never forget that truth is almost always stranger than fiction
So, I hope that I can put your mind at ease here, seeing as I work in the health emergency management sector. The plague in Madagascar was declared under control within the past week, and the Plague is eminently curable if you seek medical assistance early enough. At this point in time, both the bubonic and pneumonic plague can be cured with readily available antibiotics if assistance is sought early enough.
Thnak you very much. I'll pass it on to family and friends.
Hmm..so there is some value to being on Steemit :)