Editing Flu

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<includeonly>''Main article: [[flu]]''</includeonly><noinclude>
The '''flu''' is a [[disease]] easy to beat for normal people, requiring only a modest (healthy) doctor with ordinary, or even herbal medicine; it is however frequently fatal to those with severely weakened immune systems.

==Overview==
General symptoms include impaired consciousness, manipulation, breathing, and eventually vomiting. Advanced symptoms include frequent vomiting, a small amount of pain, and eventually [[Death|death]].

For humans, the flu immunizes slightly faster than it develops, assuming the patient is rested in an ordinary [[bed]] for the whole time and has 100% [[Immunity Gain Speed]]. The base rate is still slightly faster than the base immunity gain rate; if left completely ignored, then the pawn may die from it. While seemingly innocuous towards most people, flu proves a grave threat to people without a fully functioning immune system (such as those over 50 or with a damaged [[kidney]]).

If left untreated, the flu can kill ''vulnerable'' people in 4.01 days from discovery. Good treatment will slow the disease up to the point where it takes 5.83 days to kill. 

== Stages ==
====Minor - Severity: 0 - 0.665====
*-5% Consciousness
*-5% Manipulation
*-10% Breathing

====Major - Severity: 0.666 - 0.832====
*Vomiting every 1.5 days (36 hours) on average
*-10% Consciousness
*-10% Manipulation
*-15% Breathing

====Extreme - Severity: 0.833 - 0.999====
*+5% Pain
*Vomiting every 0.75 days (18 hours) on average
*-15% Consciousness
*-20% Manipulation
*-20% Breathing

====Extreme - Severity: 1====
*[[Death]]

==Progression==
====Humans====
*When not immune, severity increases by 0.2488 per day.
*When immune, severity decreases by 0.4947 per day.
*Immunity increases by 0.2388 per day when sick.
*Treatment slows progression by a maximum of 0.0773 per day.
**This mean the severity will increase at 0.1715 per day at 100% treatment.

==== Animals ====
Animals can face the same disease, but immunity increases faster, and its progression is slower. 
*When not immune, severity increases by 0.2488 per day.
*When immune, severity decreases by 0.4947 per day.
*Immunity increases by 0.2614 per day when sick.
*Treatment slows progression by a maximum of 0.1105 per day.
**This mean the severity will increase at 0.1383 per day at this rate.

== Treatment ==
As with any other disease: Make sure that the patient is rested, well-fed, and treated whenever possible. Treatment is administered once every 12 hours for humans, and every 48 hours for animals.

A well-fed pawn with 100% [[Immunity Gain Speed]] that constantly rests on a proper [[bed]] technically doesn't need to get treated. This isn't recommended - if they get up for a snack, for example, then the disease will progress quicker. An Immunity Gain Speed of 88.5% or more is required to survive without treatment by resting in a bed.

=== Vulnerable ===
For those with a base immunity gain rate of 58% or less, there is no chance that they will be able to survive the flu normally, even with 100% treatment quality for all treatments and rest in a [[hospital bed]] with [[vitals monitor]] connected. This includes old people aged 114 or above, and some people with kidney and liver damage (physical or chemical).

To save the colonist you can do the following:
*Administer [[healer mech serum]]- instantly treats the disease
*Administer [[luciferium]]- if pawn has 34% or more immunity gain speed remaining initially, this gives pawn a chance to survive
*Use the medic cycle of the [[Biosculpter pod]]{{IdeologyIcon}} - if used early enough, the pawns can bring themselves to it

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