COVID-19
"It nice that a vaccine was created before the tournament." Todd said. "Yeah, that it is odd though usually, it takes longer to create a vaccine." Stella said thoughtfully. "It is not random." Aealious coming into the sitting room on the zeppelin. "What do you mean?" Martin asked. "The Court of the Sun and other magical kingdoms of the world authorized the use of alchemy to recreate a vaccine," Aealious said.A novel virus that is borrowed from the real world and thrown into the world of Disc Casters to play around with the virus and how it would work in a fictional world.
Transmission & Vectors
It is spread person by person through close contact with people.
Symptoms
Coughing, shortness of breath, and fever.
Treatment
Rest, hydration and some over the counter medication can help.
Prognosis
A normal healthy person can make it harder for them to work or do other activities but to a person that has pre-existing conditions that affect breathing it can be fatal.
Prevention
The best way to prevent the spread is to avoid people by staying home and wearing a that at least covers the mouth. Within the world of Disc Casters a vaccine was been developed before August which is great news for Aealious so the Disc Casters tournament, Casters Warzone Tournament, which is being hosted in New York City. The vaccine can prevent some from getting the virus but that doesn't mean their risk is nulled out completely.
Cultural Reception
Fear and panic at the start to indifference and being exhausted about the news coverage of it. People with it are isolated so that they don't spread it to others.
Type
Viral
Cycle
Short-term
Rarity
Uncommon
Comments
Author's Notes
The inclusion of COVID-19 came from the realization that I have some things planned on Earth during 2020 and that it would interesting to play around with how magical governments would handle the virus and how they would try and the world during the time of crisis. The main reason is that I thought it would be an interesting problem to work with.