In 2053 Pre-War America was experiencing an epidemic, no one knew exactly where this mysterious disease came from but people were getting sick. And this led to scientists discovering that the disease, soon to be called The New Plague, would no matter what, eventually kill the infected which led to the very first nationwide lockdown. America had closed its borders to the outside world while their scientists tried to figure out how to cure The New Plague. Within a year thousands had died and they were no closer to finding a cure but they did develop literature in the hopes of preventing the disease from spreading any further. And for that to happen people needed to know what to watch out for, what did someone with The New Plague look like? Well, according to the experts the symptoms were profuse sweating, followed by unexplained contusions and swelling, before ending with external haemorrhaging and death, as well as the additional symptom of expressing new ideals such as socialism. I don’t really think socialism and The New Plague were connected, not physically anyway, but it was a great way for the US Government to register any communist or potential spy. So, now people knew what to watch out for, but what should they do in the event they were to see someone displaying one or more of these symptoms? Well, all they had to remember was the acronym C.I.R. Confirm Symptoms, Isolate and Report. Therefore, you’re walking down the street and you see someone showing the tell-tale signs, the first thing you had to then do was confirm the symptoms. Now if no Civil or Medical professional was available to do that then it was up to you to do it instead. Meaning, you now had to go up to that person and confirm that they had The New Plague, if they didn’t then you just went on with your day, but if they did, that now meant you had just come into contact with The New Plague and now both of you needed to isolate from the general population as The New Plague was notoriously contagious. The third and final step was to report directly to the nearest Federal Fitness Registry or Medical Centre and let the professionals take it from there. Now reporting directly sounds like you had to pay them a physical visit, which would mean leaving isolation, passing other people, potentially infecting them as well, so the professionals could take a look at you and your condition, which kind of defeats the purpose of isolating in the first place. Although these so called “professionals” were kind enough to tell people how to protect themselves from The New Plague, which wasn’t much. Now The New Plague, as we know is a social disease, meaning it is especially contagious during social interactions. So the only way to protect yourself was to avoid social interactions, ice cream socials, cruising main street, promiscuous activities such as sodomy and attending fairs or festivals. Instead why not stay at home, enjoy a light novel and a home cooked meal. But then again these professionals said that if you were infected then to get yourself back outside and pass who knows how many other people just so they can take a look at you. It doesn’t make any sense, but there is a reason. SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/synonymous Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/synonymous SOCIAL: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSynonymous MERCHANDISE: Spreadshop: null Teespring: null #falloutlore #fallout #synonymous