Firefly - Simon & River
The case numbers are rising faster and faster, and River watches Simon double-check modelling she’s already done and come up with the same questions. They’ve got emergency stations set up and are isolating patients as well as they can but it’s all woefully inadequate.
“It’s the fever,” Simon murmurs, stopping himself for the umpteenth time from rubbing his tired eyes. They’re all under heightened hygiene protocols. “The cough and the sore throat I can treat, but the fever just keeps flaring back up every time we’ve got it down. What is this thing?”