Doors Anon (doorsanon) wrote in doors, @ 2013-01-17 21:56:00 |
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Virus Update
The Army and the National Guard arrive in Gotham to provide assistance. Some are dressed in fatigues, most are dressed in contamination suits like the WHO and CDC, all are carrying weapons.
Looting remains a problem. Some humanitarian aid is being passed out to clearly identified homes in need of help.
The CDC gets the first look at the virus and a new press release is available, urging all but the sickest to remain in their homes, anyone with symptoms are asked to quarantine themselves. A ticker at the bottom of all major stations handled by Gotham repeats the news, symptoms, and a running list of open schools, hospitals, and churches. The public is urged to avoid hospitals, doctor offices, ERs and Urgent Cares unless absolutely necessary.
Gotham General is placed under quarantine and people are turned away at the doors and directed towards Gotham Memorial. Within hours, Gotham Memorial, already dealing with their own burn victims is overrun. Tents and trailers are brought in to help deal with the overflow.
Gotham Children's Hospital, owned by the Wayne Foundation, restricted visitation prior to the outbreak and as the news of an Ebola pandemic is released, they go into full lockdown. No one is allowed in or out, no new patients are admitted, and no signs of the illness are present.
John Masterson remains quarantined at his hotel room in Berlin. Margaret Masterson dies in PICU. Johnny Masterson speaks the last words he will ever say as he tells his nurses that "Nightwing promised him he could be Batman's new Robin" and lapses into a coma (this is not reported to the news, but is mentioned in his chart). In the ICU, Mary Masterson has begun to have seizures.
Amongst immunocompromised patients, the death toll spikes.