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<includeonly>''Main article: [[flu]]''</includeonly>
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<includeonly>''Main article: [[flu]]''</includeonly><noinclude>
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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.
  
The '''flu''' is a [[disease]] in RimWorld that can be caught by your colonists. General symptoms include impaired consciousness, manipulation, breathing, and eventually vomiting. Advanced symptoms include frequent vomiting, a small amount of pain, and eventually death - along with the general symptoms. The disease occurs at 33.3% progress towards death, but also 34.7% immunity in a young, healthy individual. The Flu is a somewhat easy disease to beat, requiring only a modest (healthy) doctor with ordinary, or even herbal medicine; for healthy colonists, you can simply let the disease progress on its own.
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==Overview==
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General symptoms include impaired consciousness, manipulation, breathing, and eventually vomiting. Advanced symptoms include frequent vomiting, a small amount of pain, and eventually [[Death|death]].
  
As the Flu immunizes faster than it develops, it's extremely easy to take care of. It only proves a major threat to those above the age of 40, but even then you don't need a very skilled doctor - or very good medicine to dispatch of the disease.
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If left untreated, the flu can kill in 4.01 days from discovery. However, in humans, the flu immunizes slightly faster than it develops. This assumes the patient rests in an ordinary [[bed]] for the whole time and has 100% [[Immunity Gain Speed]]. Good treatment will slow the disease up to the point where it takes 5.83 days to kill. Even a modest doctor with [[herbal medicine]] should treat this disease quite easily. Animals become immune even faster than humans.
  
If left untreated, the flu can kill ''vulnerable'' people in 4.018 days. <br>
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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]]).
It takes 3.431 days to develop immunity to the flu, assuming the patient is rested in an ordinary bed for the whole time, and under the age of 40.
 
  
==Stages==
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== Stages ==
'''Minor (Hidden) - Severity: 0 - 0.332'''
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====Minor====
*No effect on the affected colonist.
 
*Buildup to the initial 33.3% disease head start that the flu has.
 
 
 
'''Minor - Severity: 0.333 - 0.665'''
 
 
*-5% Consciousness
 
*-5% Consciousness
 
*-5% Manipulation
 
*-5% Manipulation
 
*-10% Breathing
 
*-10% Breathing
  
'''Major - Severity: 0.666 - 0.832'''
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====Major====
 
*Vomiting every 1.5 days (36 hours) on average
 
*Vomiting every 1.5 days (36 hours) on average
 
*-10% Consciousness
 
*-10% Consciousness
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*-15% Breathing
 
*-15% Breathing
  
'''Extreme - Severity: 0.833 - 1'''
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====Extreme====
 
*+5% Pain
 
*+5% Pain
 
*Vomiting every 0.75 days (18 hours) on average
 
*Vomiting every 0.75 days (18 hours) on average
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*-20% Manipulation
 
*-20% Manipulation
 
*-20% Breathing
 
*-20% Breathing
*Death
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*[[Death]] at 1 Severity
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==Progression==
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===Stages===
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This disease is detected immediately. Severity goes up over time, and is slowed by treatment until immunity is reached.
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*Minor - Severity: 0 - 0.665
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*Major - Severity: 0.666 - 0.832
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*Extreme - Severity: 0.833 - 0.999
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*Death - Severity: 1
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===Humans===
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*When not immune, severity increases by 0.2488 per day.
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*When immune, severity decreases by 0.4947 per day.
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*Immunity increases by 0.2388 per day when sick.
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*Treatment slows progression by a maximum of 0.0773 per day.
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**This mean the severity will increase at 0.1715 per day at 100% treatment.
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=== Animals ===
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Animals can face the same disease, but their immunity increases faster, and treatment is more effective.
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*When not immune, severity increases by 0.2488 per day.
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*When immune, severity decreases by 0.4947 per day.
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*Immunity increases by 0.2614 per day when sick.
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*Treatment slows progression by a maximum of 0.1105 per day.
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**This mean the severity will increase at 0.1383 per day at 100% treatment.
  
===Progression===
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== Treatment ==
*When not immune, severity increases by 0.166 per day.
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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.
*When immune, severity decreases by 0.333 per day.
 
*Immunity increases by 0.173 per day when sick.
 
*Treatment slows progression by a maximum of 0.09.
 
This mean the severity will increase at 0.076 per day at this rate.
 
  
==Overcoming the Flu==
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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.
As the flu's a somewhat trivial disease as it immunises quicker than it deteriorates, you don't really need to be terribly mindful of treatment of those below 40. The following will apply to 80+ year old victims affected by the flu...
 
  
As with any patient, you'll want to make sure the people affected by the flu are in bed at all times, well-fed, and treated when necessary. You need to provide at least 30% treatment quality in order for 80+ year old patients to survive the flu - as long as their [[Blood_Filtration|blood filtration]] levels are normal. You'll generally want to aim higher than this though, as 30% quality is the bare minimum needed to survive, and may not always work.
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=== Vulnerable ===
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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).
  
The following combinations of medicine skill and medicine types will be able to provide 30% treatment quality (assuming the doctor is healthy and unmodified):
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To save the colonist you can do the following:
*Level 1 Medicine skill and [[Glitterworld Medicine]]
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*Administer [[healer mech serum]]- instantly treats the disease
*Level 3 Medicine skill and ordinary [[Medicine]]
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*Administer [[luciferium]]- if pawn has 34% or more immunity gain speed remaining initially, this gives pawn a chance to survive
*Level 6 Medicine skill and [[Herbal medicine|Herbal Medicine]]
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*Use the medic cycle of the [[Biosculpter pod]]{{IdeologyIcon}} - if used early enough, the pawns can bring themselves to it
  
 
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Revision as of 12:04, 23 October 2022

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.

If left untreated, the flu can kill in 4.01 days from discovery. However, in humans, the flu immunizes slightly faster than it develops. This assumes the patient rests in an ordinary bed for the whole time and has 100% Immunity Gain Speed. Good treatment will slow the disease up to the point where it takes 5.83 days to kill. Even a modest doctor with herbal medicine should treat this disease quite easily. Animals become immune even faster than humans.

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).

Stages

Minor

  • -5% Consciousness
  • -5% Manipulation
  • -10% Breathing

Major

  • Vomiting every 1.5 days (36 hours) on average
  • -10% Consciousness
  • -10% Manipulation
  • -15% Breathing

Extreme

  • +5% Pain
  • Vomiting every 0.75 days (18 hours) on average
  • -15% Consciousness
  • -20% Manipulation
  • -20% Breathing
  • Death at 1 Severity

Progression

Stages

This disease is detected immediately. Severity goes up over time, and is slowed by treatment until immunity is reached.

  • Minor - Severity: 0 - 0.665
  • Major - Severity: 0.666 - 0.832
  • Extreme - Severity: 0.833 - 0.999
  • Death - Severity: 1

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 their immunity increases faster, and treatment is more effective.

  • 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 100% treatment.

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 podContent added by the Ideology DLC - if used early enough, the pawns can bring themselves to it